Nancy Willard

A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn.

"James and Danny are on a mission: to get the little silver race car out of the gumball machine at Mr. Wright's store. Only very, very, lucky people get both gumballs and the silver racer. It's a good thing one of James's quarters is a Canadian quarter, which just so happens to be very, very lucky. But is it lucky enough to get him that silver racer?"--Jacket.

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

Sylvia, the new apprentice to the great magician Tottibo, steals one of his spells to complete an impossible task and accidentally creates chaos.

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

A greedy baker buys his wife a magic bed that flies them to the master baker, where they are given special yeast that helps their bakery become, for a while, the most popular in Florence.

Provides rural information ("Do not disturb your bees in cold weather") for each month of the year.

A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.