The book begins with Williams on his doctor’s rounds, noticing the red wheelbarrow that belonged to Mr. This nonfiction picture book explores the inspiration behind Williams’ most famous poem as well as the life of the poet who wrote it. This is a beautiful and inspiring picture book with lovely watercolor illustrations intended to inspire young people to write poetry in simple, direct language.
These were things Williams saw from his office window, but he also knew that so much depended on that wheelbarrow for his neighbor's livelihood and also for the quality of Williams' own life. I thought the poem was just about the importance of paying attention to seemingly mundane, everyday details as you go through life. I have read and taught this pretty famous and much-anthologized poem many times, but until I read this picture book I never knew the wheelbarrow was attached-and compassionately-to an actual person Williams knew. William Carlos Williams, a medical doctor and one of the best twentieth century American poets, knew him, watched him do this, and wrote a poem about what he saw using sixteen words. Thaddeus Marshall, a street vendor, sold vegetables from a red wheelbarrow on the streets of Rutherford, New Jersey. Lisa holds a BA in English Literature from William & Mary, an MA in English from Boston College, and an MLS from Southern Connecticut State University.Ī former newspaper reporter and editor, Lisa grew up on the New Jersey shore, lives outside Boston, and has run the Boston Marathon four times.
was inspired by Lisa's stubborn but lovable hound.ĭISCOVER HER ART: WOMEN ARTISTS AND THEIR MASTERPIECES considers the art and lives of 24 women artists (Chicago Review Press).įorthcoming are BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE (Random House Kids/Anne Schwartz Books) WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND 'WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (Astra/Calkins Creek) and RONALD REAGAN, A Little Golden Book Biography (Random House Kids). HOUND WON’T GO, illustrated by Meg Ishihara (Albert Whitman). Her debut picture book, 16 WORDS: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND “THE RED WHEELBARROW,” (Random House/Schwartz & Wade), was featured in The New York Times, received 2 starred reviews & won the Julia Ward Howe Award from the Boston Authors Club & the Susan P. Lisa Rogers was inspired to write for children through her career as an elementary school librarian.
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