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''A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers'' is a children's picture book written by Nancy Willard and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen, published by Harcourt Brace in 1981. Next year Willard won the annual Newbery Medal and the Provensens were one runner-up for the Caldecott Medal from the professional children's librarians.〔〔 ''William Blake's Inn'' remains the only Newbery-winning book that is also a "Caldecott Honor Book". The title alludes to Willard's inspiration by William Blake's ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience''.〔 ==Content== In a prose introduction, Willard tells how she was introduced to the poetry of William Blake when she was ill as a seven-year-old. She asked her babysitter, Miss Pratt, for a story "about lions and tigers" and Miss Pratt responded with Blake's "The Tyger". Two days later she received a copy of "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" inscribed "Poetry is the best medicine. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. yrs, William Blake." The fifteen poems that follow, plus an epilogue, describe the events of a day and a half of a child's visit to William Blake's Inn. Inhabited by such creatures as the Rabbit, the Rat, the Wise Cow, the King of Cats, the Tiger, the Man in the Marmalade Hat, and of course William Blake himself, it is a place of wonder and magic. Poems * William Blake’s Inn for Innocent and Experienced Travelers * Blake’s Wonderful Car Delivers Us Wonderfully Well * A Rabbit Reveals My Room * The Sun and Moon Circus Soothes the Wakeful Guests * The Man in the Marmalade Hat Arrives * The King of Cats Orders an Early Breakfast * The Wise Cow Enjoys a Cloud * Two Sunflowers Move into the Yellow Room — frequently misattributed to Blake 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Visit to William Blake's Inn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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