Today’s review comes from first round Poetry judge, Anastasia Suen, whose blog features a kidlit book of the day, among other offerings! She recently interviewed Lisa Rogers, the author of Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction nominee 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow” (Amazon, Indiebound). I thought this snippet was interesting:
Through a great deal of research and interviews with Thaddeus Marshall’s great granddaughter, and a local historian, I was able to depict them going through their everyday lives, up to the pivotal moment where Williams writes his poem.
Check out the full interview here.