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lattelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
If there's a book out there, and Melissa Sweet has illustrated it, I will likely love it. As it would turn out, Melissa Sweet illustrated this book, and I definitely love it. This time, she aids Jen Bryant in telling the story of William Carlos William, a poet at birth who must learn to value the sciences in order to make a living.
To be honest, I didn't know who William Carlos Williams was before reading this, and now I do, and I know lots about him. Just imagine if I'd read this when I was a child! Just imagine if you read this to a child! I absolutely loved how Bryant and Sweet tackled this, especially in regards to the tiring division between the arts and the sciences, and the balance one sometimes must create in order to exist in this world.
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To be honest, I didn't know who William Carlos Williams was before reading this, and now I do, and I know lots about him. Just imagine if I'd read this when I was a child! Just imagine if you read this to a child! I absolutely loved how Bryant and Sweet tackled this, especially in regards to the tiring division between the arts and the sciences, and the balance one sometimes must create in order to exist in this world.
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hamckeon's review against another edition
4.0
This picture book provides a nice overview of his life, but the illustrations really stood out to me.
beths0103's review against another edition
5.0
William Carlos Williams is one of my favorite poets and this book really captured the spirit of his poetry. The collage illustrations are stunning and I loved how Melissa Sweet incorporated snippets of Williams's poems into the collages. This would be a great supplement to use while doing a poetry unit.
bohlene's review against another edition
5.0
I loved everything about this book. The writing made the life of the subject, William Carlos Williams, easy to follow and fascinating to learn about. The illustrations, with Williams’s poems scattered throughout the drawings, were so fun to look at. Even better, it kept my six-year-old’s attention the entire book. I have now read it several times to my six-year-old and we have both enjoyed it as much as the first time we read it.
crystal_reading's review against another edition
5.0
Very creative biography of William Carlos WIlliams
ethib77's review against another edition
4.0
The author’s and illustrator’s notes at the end of this book are really touching. Beautifully illustrated, very interesting way to write a biography about a poet.