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Born in 1936 / United States / English

Furtherreading

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BOOKS

  • Children's Literature Review, Volume 5, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1983.
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 7, 1977, Volume 37, 1986.
  • Contemporary Women Poets, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1997.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 5: American Poets since World War II, 1980, Volume 52: American Writers for Children since 1960: Fiction, 1986.
  • Rubin, Stan Sanvel, The Post-Confessionals: Conversations with American Poets of the Eighties, Farleigh Dickinson Press (Rutherford, NJ), 1989.
  • St. James Guide to Children's Writers, 5th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1999.
  • Silvey, Anita, editor, Children's Books and Their Creators, Houghton (Boston, MA), 1995.
PERIODICALS
  • Booklist, October 1, 1993, Hazel Rochman, review of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, p. 245; June 1, 1999, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of The Tale I Told Sasha, p. 1826; March 15, 2001, Gillian Engberg, review of The Moon and Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Café, p. 1395; April 15, 2003, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of The Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat, p. 1479; September 15, 2003, Karin Snelson, review of Cinderella's Dress, p. 249; July, 2004, Ray Olson, review of In the Salt Marsh: Poems, p. 1812; October 1, 2004, John Green, review of The Tale of Paradise Lost: Based on the Poem by John Milton, p. 340; July, 2005, Hazel Rochman, review of Sweep Dreams, p. 1931.
  • Detroit News, January 20, 1985, Ann Tyler, review of Things Invisible to See.
  • Horn Book, April, 1983, Nancy C. Hammond, review of Uncle Terrible: More Adventures of Anatole, p. 169; January-February, 2004, Joanna Rudge Long, review of Cinderella's Dress, p. 74; November-December, 2004, Deirdre F. Baker, review of The Tale of Paradise Lost, p. 719; July-August, 2005, Joanna Rudge Long, review of Sweep Dreams, p. 461.
  • Kirkus Reviews, October 15, 1992, review of Beauty and the Beast, p. 1318; February 15, 1997, review of The Magic Cornfield, p. 308; March 15, 2003, review of The Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat, p. 482; October 1, 2003, review of Cinderella's Dress, p. 1233; October 1, 2004, review of The Tale of Paradise Lost, p. 971; June 1, 2005, review of Sweep Dreams, p. 645.
  • Library Journal, June 15, 2004, Diane Sharper, review of In the Salt Marsh, p. 75.
  • Locus, February, 1994, Gary Wolfe, review of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, p. 62.
  • Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1981, Barbara Karlin, review of A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers.
  • New York Times, January 12, 1985, Michiko Kakutani, review of Things Invisible to See, p. 13.
  • New York Times Book Review, July 12, 1981, Donald Hall, review of A Visit to William Blake's Inn; July 18, 1993, Gregory Blake Smith, review of Sister Water, p. 13.
  • Publishers Weekly, December 14, 1984, Sybil Steinberg, "PW Interviews: Nancy Willard," pp. 58-59; October 12, 1992, review of Beauty and the Beast, p. 76; August 1, 1994, review of An Alphabet of Angels, p. 77; August 5, 1996, review of The Good-Night Blessing Book, p. 440; February 17, 1997, review of The Magic Cornfield, p. 219; July 28, 1997, review of Cracked Corn and Snow Ice-Cream: A Family Almanac, p. 73; March 2, 1998, review of The Tortilla Cat, pp. 68-69; April 7, 2003, review of The Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat, p. 65; November 17, 2003, review of Cinderella's Dress, p. 64; May 24, 2004, review of In the Salt Marsh, p. 59; October 25, 2004, review of The Tale of Paradise Lost, p. 48.
  • School Library Journal, December, 1981, Peter Neumeyer, review of A Visit to William Blake's Inn, p. 69; October, 1992, Linda Boyles, review of Beauty and the Beast, p. 123; September, 1993, Shirley Wilton, review of A Starlit Somersault Downhill, p. 221; March, 1998, Ann Welton, review of The Tortilla Cat, p. 190; June, 1999, Shirley Wilton, review of The Tale I Told Sasha, p. 108; May, 2003, Laurie Edwards, review of The Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat, p. 132; November, 2003, Rita Soltan, review of Cinderella's Dress, p. 118; January, 2005, Patricia D. Lothrop, review of The Tale of Paradise Lost, p. 138; July, 2005, Jane Barrer, review of Sweep Dreams, p. 84.
  • Washington Post Book World, November 8, 1981, Michael Patrick Hearn, review of A Visit to William Blake's Inn; November 14, 1993, Michael Dirda, review of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
  • Writer, April, 1981, Nancy Willard, "Magic, Craft, and the Making of Children's Books," pp. 17-19.