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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams - Hardcover

by Jen Bryant
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jen Bryant, Melissa SweetSeries:Incredible Lives for Young ReadersAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2008-08-01Pages:34
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Eerdmans Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780802853028ISBN-10:802853021UPC:9780802853028Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Poetry, HistoryBook Topic:Literary, United StatesAward:2008 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Recommended - Fiction Award|2009 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book Award|2010 Beehive Awards Nominee - Poetry Award|2009 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Seven to Ten Award|Delaware Diamonds Award Nominee - Grades 3-5 Award|2010 Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee - Intermediate Award|2008 Lupine Award Winner - Picture Book Award|2008 Cybils Finalist - Nonfiction Picture Book AwardSize:10.20 x 9.20 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.85Product ID:SCJJ0F10N6
2009 Caldecott Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book
A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
NCTE Notable Children's Book

When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie's notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie's words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town Yet he never stopped writing poetry. In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and Melissa Sweet's stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Eerdmans Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780802853028ISBN-10:802853021UPC:9780802853028Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Poetry, HistoryBook Topic:Literary, United StatesAward:2008 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Recommended - Fiction Award|2009 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book Award|2010 Beehive Awards Nominee - Poetry Award|2009 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Seven to Ten Award|Delaware Diamonds Award Nominee - Grades 3-5 Award|2010 Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee - Intermediate Award|2008 Lupine Award Winner - Picture Book Award|2008 Cybils Finalist - Nonfiction Picture Book AwardSize:10.20 x 9.20 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.85Product ID:SCJJ0F10N6
Bryant, Jen: - Jen Bryant has written numerous books for young readers, including Georgia's Bones and A River ofWords, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award.Her book A Splash of Red (Knopf)received the Schneider Family Book Award and theNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for nonfiction. She lives inPennsylvania.Sweet, Melissa: - Melissa Sweet (www.melissasweet.net) hasillustrated many award winning books, including ARiver of Words (Eerdmans), a 2009 Caldecott Honorbook, and A Splash of Red (Knopf), an NCTEOrbis Pictus Award winner and a Sibert Honor book. Shealso wrote and illustrated Balloons OverBroadway (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), winner of the2012 Sibert Medal and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award.Melissa lives in Maine.
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

Awards

🏆 2008 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Recommended - Fiction Award|2009 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book Award|2010 Beehive Awards Nominee - Poetry Award|2009 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Seven to Ten Award|Delaware Diamonds Award Nominee - Grades 3-5 Award|2010 Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee - Intermediate Award|2008 Lupine Award Winner - Picture Book Award|2008 Cybils Finalist - Nonfiction Picture Book Award

Contributor(s)

Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet

Author

Jen Bryant

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