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A river of words the story of William Carlos Williams

This picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that led him to become a doctor and a poet.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bryant, Jennifer
Other Authors:	Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids, MIich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Subjects:	Williams, William Carlos, > 1883-1963 > Juvenile nonfiction. Poets, American > 20th century > Biography > Juvenile. Physicians > Biography > Juvenile.
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Summary:	This picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that led him to become a doctor and a poet.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Awards:	Caldecott Honor Book--Medallion on dust jkt.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780802853028 (alk. paper) 0802853021 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	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. 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.