Voyager/HBJ Book: A Visit to William Blake's Inn (Hardcover)

from acahil3

Summary: This collection of poems is inspired by William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience." The poems reflect Blake's imaginary inn and all of the unusual guests that come to stay. Review: Willard uses the genre of poetry when targeting the interests of travelers. William Bla...

from goodnightmoon

I love the idea of this book, but I found the actual poems inaccessible. I could see a younger child enjoying the dreaminess of the pictures, but the poems themselves have difficult syntax and strange premises - too complex to be enjoyed by an older child.

from DushiyanthiMcCarley

The book is a collection of poems about William Blakes Inn. The poems were written two hundred years ago by William Blake. The poems all deal with travellers who come to the Inn, and the Inn is run by two dragons, two angeles and a rabiit. Some of the guests include the man in the marmalade hat, ...

from elenchus

Willard somehow manages to capture the ideal of William Blake without directly borrowing anything specific from his poems, that I could discern. (I didn't have Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience at my elbow, and probably should have.) Some reviewers indicate the poems are revisions of Blak...

from mildred981

A visit to William Blakes End is a group of magical poems about life in a imaganery inn, ran by William Blake. The inn is staffed with two dragons, two angels, and a rabbit whom do human like tasks. Throughout the story theres funny phrases that will keep young children entertained. Such as "His ...