Showing 1–2 of 2 titles

• Genre: Nonfiction
• Genre: Poetry
• Award year: 2009

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  A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

  By Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)

  Sweet's mixed-media collage and primitive watercolors flow seamlessly with Bryant's prose to reveal the important bits and pieces of Williams's ordinary yet extraordinary life as a doctor and poet.

  • Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2009 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780802853028
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  The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

  By Margarita Engle

  Compelling free verse in alternating voices lyrically tells the story of Cuba's three wars for independence from Spain. Combining real-life characters (such as legendary healer Rosa La Bayamesa) with imagined individuals, Engle focuses on Rosa's struggle to save everyone—black or white, Cuban or Spanish, friend or enemy.

  • Nonfiction, Poetry
  • John Newbery Medal 2009 (Honor Title), Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2009 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780805086744