Lisa LaBanca Rogers children's author

Friends & Anemones: Ocean Poems for Children (Writers' Loft Press, 2020)

Hound Won't Go, illustrated by Meg Ishinara (Albert Whitman & Co, 2020).

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16 Words: William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow," illustrated by Chuck Groenink (Schwartz & Wade, 2019).

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16 WORDS is the winner of the 2019 JULIA WARD HOWE AWARD
for young readers, given by the Boston Authors Club!!

Praise for 16 WORDS: William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow"

"At once spare and lush: a gorgeous introduction to the power of poetry."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Williams’s koanlike poem closes the story, its marvel of compacted meanings crystallizing
everything that has come before."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Great for reading aloud, this will also be a good choice for launching poetry units
and inspiring neophyte poets." —Booklist
A "fine introduction to a celebrated American poet."
--The New York Times Book Review
"A unique picture book that shows how poetry can capture a feeling or an image
with a few well-chosen words."
—School Library Journal
"Debut author Rogers suggests that there is power in noticing, as Williams did--
finding the extraordinary in the ordinary."
—The Horn Book Magazine
"A grand exploration of the reason why poetry exists."
—A Fuse#8 Production, School Library Journal
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Bank Street College Best Book 2020
SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Award Finalist 2020
Winner, Julia Ward Howe award, Boston Authors Club
CCBC Choices, 2020