Full name: A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

Author: Jen Bryant Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Poetry, Biographies Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780802853028 0802853021

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. Similar books: Enormous Smallness by Matthew Burgess Pablo Neruda by Monica Brown Lives of the Poets by Michael Schmidt Six Dots by Jen Bryant Papa Is a Poet by Natalie S. Bober Diego by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Langston's Train Ride by Robert Burleigh Carver by Marilyn Nelson Out of This World by Amy E. Sklansky The Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle Byron by Benita Eisler City Poet by Brad Gooch The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes Robert Lowell by Ian Hamilton All the Words Are Yours by Tyler Knott Gregson Anne Sexton by Diane Middlebrook Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange