Nancy Willard

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

Riding on the New York City subway, Molly and Sean exit into the Crystal Empire and join a giant tortoise on a mission to save the empire from the Firebrat.

James' balloon is very well-mannered until the middle of the night when it develops a voracious appetite.

In this version, two magpies who live outside Cinderella's window make her a magnificent dress from bits of shiny paper they've collected. The jealous stepsisters rip it apart, and Cinderella is left in rags--until thanks to her friends the magpies she finds a magic ring belonging to her late mother. Her fairy godmother appears, and a new dress, a coach made of a pumpkin, and happy endings follow.

Thinking his snow rabbit looks cold, a little boy brings him inside to warm him by the fire.

Having made a plan to spend the winter with Bear napping in a cozy cave, Rabbit finds himself too energetic to sleep and decides to join the world outside.

A man who loves a magical, dancing broom learns how to make her happy, finds her after she is stolen, and finally sets her free and hopes that she will someday return home.

Relates, in rhyme, how Johann Gutenberg contributed to the printing process by perfecting movable type and creating a Bible for his wife, Anna.

On his way to visit Cousin Bottom in Minneapolis, Cousin Tottem gets lost in a magic cornfield, from which he sends Bottom a series of postcards telling about his outlandish experiences.

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On his way to deliver a loaf of bread, Anatole meets four hungry strangers.

While traveling on a train to visit his grandmother, a little boy is rewarded for believing in magic.

The clever Holly Go Lolly, now orphaned, lures the evil parent-eating ogre Ooboo into the make-believe forest she has created with hand shadows.

A shoemaker and his wife being photographed for their wedding anniversary keep adding items to the picture despite the photographer's admonition that "Simple pictures are best."