In an effort to save his own life and the lives of his boyhood friends, a young soldier during World War II makes a wager with death. "He pits his local sandlot team against some of the greatest baseball players of all time."--Audio cassette container.

Selections from Nancy Willard's acclaimed volumes of poetry and prose. This diverse collection features some of Nancy Willard's most critically lauded poetry - including works from her Newbery Medal-winning volume, A Visit to William Blake's Inn - as well as her short fiction and four unconventional essays on writing. Hens, children, magic bottles, and the moon are just some of the characters running through the luminous musings gathered here. "How...

With the same mischievous wit and the same gift for revealing the magical essence of the ordinary that captivated readers of her first novel, Things Invisible to See, Nancy Willard now gives us the sad, funny, inspiring story of a family in transition. Jessie Woolman first saw the angel of death when she was a girl. That was before she married Henry and moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Henry had a scientific supply company and ran a small museum...

"James has five quarters and Danny has four. That means nine whole tries to get the little silver race car out of the gumball machine at Mr. Wright's store after school. Only very, very lucky people get both gumballs and the silver racer. It's a good thing that 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? Bing! Bang! Kaboom! He's about to find out!...

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of two magpies and her fairy godmother.

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.

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."

Four magicians lose their magic carpet which eventually finds its way into the center of a grandmother's quilt.

A yellow ball rolls out of sight, over the Bridge of Butterflies, across the Field of Lesser Beasts through painted trees to the place where all lost things are found.