The Adventures Of Anatole

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Newbery Medal-winning author Nancy Willard's trilogy of adventure tales, now in one volume. Children won't be able to put down these stories of the journeys of a boy and his orange cat, Plumpet. Newbery Medal-winning author Nancy Willard's trilogy of adventure tales, now in one volume. Children won't be able to put down these stories of the journeys of a boy and his orange cat, Plumpet. Anatole has a knack for seeking and finding adventure, often with Plumpet, hisorange cat, who is accustomed to ghost trains, amnesiac soldiers, flying horses,and wallpaper portals, just a few of the enchantments encountered along the way.From his perilous search for wild fennel to cure his grandmother's asthma, to hishigh-stakes game of checkers to save his uncle from a wizard's evil spell, Anatole'smissions will keep young readers turning the pages of this omnibus edition ofthe Newbery Medal-winning author Nancy Willard's trilogy of fantasy tales-Sailing to Cythera, The Island of the Grass King, and Uncle Terrible. David McPhail'spen-and-ink illustrations throughout are beautifully detailed engagements withWillard's world of make-believe. Anatole may be small but he is determined toright the wrongs he finds in each of the lands he enters. Whether kindness or evilwill prevail is a matter of suspense, but Anatole is always on the side of the light.

Nancy Willard (1936-2017) was a prolific author of seventy books of poems andfiction for adults and children. In 1982, her picture book A Visit to William Blake'sInn- Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers was the first poetry book to receivethe Newbery Medal. It also received a Caldecott Honor, making it the first Newberywinner to also receive a Caldecott. She taught creative writing at Vassar College from1965 until she retired in 2013. David McPhail was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and attended the Schoolof the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He has written and/or illustrated more thana hundred books.

"Nancy Willard's imagination-in verse or prose, for children or adults-builds castles stranger than any mad King of Bavaria ever built. She imagines with a wonderful concreteness. But also, she takes real language and by literal-mindedness turns it into the structure of dream." -Donald Hall, The New York Times "Both author and illustrator weave tapestries in which make-believe and reality blend joyfully...The only works comparable in pure romance and humor to the Anatole stories are the inventions of Lewis Carroll." -Publishers Weekly