16 Words: William Carlos Williams and the Red Wheelbarrow
- Subject
- Poetry - General
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- Publisher
- Schwartz & Wade Books
- Size
- 27.2 cm × 24.6 cm
- ISBN
- 9781524720162
This simple nonfiction picture book about the beloved American poet William Carlos Williams is also about how being mindful can result in the creation of a great poem like "The Red Wheelbarrow"--which is only sixteen words long.
"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.
"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.
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What reviewers said
"At once spare and lush: a gorgeous introduction to the power of poetry."
"Williams’s koanlike poem closes the story, its marvel of compacted meanings crystallizing everything that has come before. "
“Great for reading aloud, this will also be a good choice for launching poetry units and inspiring neophyte poets.”
“A unique picture book that shows how poetry can capture a feeling or an image with a few well-chosen words.”
“Debut author Rogers suggests that there is power in noticing, as Williams did—finding the extraordinary in the ordinary.” —The Horn Book
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