Funny, comforting, surprising, the words in this book explore our lives with dogs: dogs who befriend us; dogs who annoy, perplex, and accept us. T...
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Oct 20, 2009
Dawn
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Amazing book. The love that is shown from these teenagers regarding their dogs is just heart warming and genuine. The writing is just so heartfelt and real it puts a smile on my face. Since I have 3 dogs of my own when I read these poems my own dogs could fit into so many of these.
Students would really benefit from reading through these poems and could use them as models for their own writing. They are pieces that they could easily relate to and replicate with a topic that was all th More...
Students would really benefit from reading through these poems and could use them as models for their own writing. They are pieces that they could easily relate to and replicate with a topic that was all th More...
Jan 27, 2011
Katie
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This is really one of the nicest critter-centered poetry books that I've encountered. It's not overtly sentimental or full of clichés. It's emotions are honest and genuine, and many of the poems are full of lovely imagery (including one of my favorites, "Noses"). The book was further enriched by stories that teenagers shared about their dogs, and by Doug Mindell's beautiful, dreamy photographs. The World According to Dog would make a lovely gift for dog-lovers, from older children to a
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May 29, 2009
Julie
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Dog lovers, particularly middle-school-aged dog lovers, would enjoy this collection of poems & narratives written by teens. From a teacher's perspective, this has excellent examples of personal narratives at the grade 7/8 level, several of them effectively capturing the personality of their dog (without just "telling").
Pg. 11--a great poem for a point of view/perspective lesson (speaker compares the world according to dog and world according to person, suggesting how coo More...
Pg. 11--a great poem for a point of view/perspective lesson (speaker compares the world according to dog and world according to person, suggesting how coo More...
Aug 30, 2011
June
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The poems by Sidman are insightful and well-written, as always. Some of the teens' contributions were good, some not so.
The big disappointment was the photography...I like quirky (which this is) but quirky that's done artfully and professionally (which this often is not.)
The big disappointment was the photography...I like quirky (which this is) but quirky that's done artfully and professionally (which this often is not.)
Jun 05, 2010
The Reading Countess
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I asked our literacy coach to order this one for our curriculum cafe', and after having read it, I am disappointed. The photos, sadly, were more interesting than the text.
Oct 02, 2010
Heather
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Writing poetry about pictures, different styles of poetry, poetry about literature, student poetry.
Oct 01, 2010
Mas5thgrade2011
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i girls dog died by a car
Poor doggy. Hit by a car last lick to the owner and then died.
Poor doggy. Hit by a car last lick to the owner and then died.
May 14, 2008
Cindy
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Well, I wouldn't call myself a dog person by any stretch of the imagination but I do adore our dog. She inspired me to pick up this book off the library shelf and I found several poems in it that I ended up sending to a dear friend of mine who really is a dog person!
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