Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Love That Dog


Title: Love That Dog

Author: Sharon Creech

Illustrator: None

Genre: Fiction

Subgenre: Poetry Chapter Book

Theme: Try something because you never know when you will like it

Characters: Jack, Sky, Miss Stretchberry, Walter Dean Myers, Jack’s Dad

Awards: Christopher, Mitten, and Claudia Lewis Poetry Award

Date of Publication: 2001

Publication Company: Harper Collins Publishers

Summary: Jack a young student who comes to love poetry through his personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him such as Walter Dean Myers poem Love That boy.  Jack surprised himself by writing his own poem that was inspired by Myers poem.

Use in Classroom: This novel could be used in a middle school classroom to help students write and/or inspired their own poems.

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