Dallas Public Library

16 words, William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow", by Lisa Rogers ; illustrations by Chuck Groenink

eng

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

3-8, Brodart

P-3, Brodart

non fiction

16 words

1049575334

by Lisa Rogers ; illustrations by Chuck Groenink

Accelerated Reader, LG, 4, .5, 505392.

William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow"

"Look out the window. What do you see? If you are Dr. William Carlos Williams, you see a wheelbarrow. A drizzle of rain. Chickens scratching in the damp earth." The wheelbarrow belongs to Thaddeus Marshall, a street vendor, who every day goes to work selling vegetables on the streets of Rutherford, New Jersey. That simple action inspires poet and doctor Williams to pick up some of his own tools--a pen and paper--and write his most famous poem. In this lovely picture book, young listeners will see how paying attention to the simplest everyday things can inspire the greatest art, as they learn about a great American poet

primary

Sixteen words