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Mar 27, 2011

Kim rated it:

I don’t want to

Because boys

Don’t write poetry.

Girls do.

First page, first poem.
Makes me smile
But also makes me kinda
Sad.
Do words in poem form
Make you sad?
I hope not
but I
Understand,
if it does.

Love That Dog takes less than 3 minutes to read. Okay, maybe a bit more if you’re on your 4th glass of Sangria (but who’s counting) and you linger on phrases. Phrases like: More...

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Jul 18, 2011

(NS) Mary rated it:

Non-Print Book on CD- Audiobook
I enjoyed this book on CD, but surprisingly enough, I much preferred reading the book myself. The CD is read by the actor Scott Wolf, known to some as "Bailey" from the TV show "Party of Five". I think that his voice totally threw me off, because I kept visualizing his dimples as he tried to be Jack, the main character in the book. I was bothered by it. Because people had told me how much they loved this book, I read the book followin More...

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Apr 05, 2008

Joanna rated it:

I love love love this book! It was my favorite by Sharon Creech until she published Heartbeat, and now I can't say which I like more. It is written entirely in free verse written in the school notebook of a boy who is a reluctant poetry pupil. The poetic form, believability of Jack (the main character), and the story he ultimately tells are simply smashing. This book would also be a great way to introduce young people to poetry; Jack's responses to a few well-known poems are written in his n More...

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Mar 12, 2008

(B) Archer rated it:

The book I was reading was Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. Some times I feel like writing is only for girls and that if I make some poem or writing assignment I had to put anonymous in the authors name because they might not be too good or people might make fun of me because I’m writing, and that’s one of the reasons why I like this book because it shows you that writing is not for girls only.
This book is about this guy that is writing poetry all the time and he thinks poetry More...

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Jan 03, 2009

Eliece rated it:

One of my all time favorites -- the SWEETEST little story written in journal format as a little boy learns to love poetry with the help of his teacher. It is cleverly written and fun to read. A good read-a-loud with your kids. warning -- you might cry!

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Jan 10, 2012

Sol rated it:

final assessment, we had an Open Mic presentation every class. This is where a student would read a meaningful poem to the class. This had a considerable relation to the book Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. This book was about a boy, named Jack, that had to write poetry and he had difficulties at first. As Jack and my class went along we learned so much about poetry.

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Nov 27, 2008

Carol rated it:

This is funny and poignant! In first person verse, young Jack as he learns to write and appreciate poetry!

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Dec 30, 2008

Becky rated it:

I can't believe I never knew about this little book. It is so very, very good. It's a book in verse--a verse novel. The narrator, Jack, is in English class. His teacher, Miss Stretchberry, requires them to write. This *appears* to be a journal-assignment. But I could be wrong there, but these poetic entries are written by Jack and read regularly by his teacher...so draw your own conclusions. Jack is your typical boy--he doesn't like reading poetry, analyzing poetry, or writing poetry. In th More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Erin rated it:

SUMMARY: Love that Dog by Sharon Creech is about a boy, Jack, who hates to write poetry. However, his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, introduces him to a variety of poets, and through their work he learns to appreciate poetry. He even discovers a favorite poet, Walter Dean Myers, and uses one of his poems as inspiration for one of his own, "Love That Dog."
CRITIQUE: This poem book does not have rhyme. The story is written in poem form, though, with spaces between the lines and sections More...

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Feb 08, 2012

Ryan rated it:

Love That Dog is about a character named Jack who doesnt like poetry. He isnt very comfortable with his writting at first neither. He thinks that poetry is just for girls. Finaly his teacher Miss Stretchberry helps Jack to figure out he is a good poet and helps him to find a way to relate poetry to his life. Jack writes a poem called Love That Dog that was a hit. This poem doem does not rhyme. It doesn't rhyme at all. It still delivers a meaning though with out rhyming. With not rhyming you cant More...

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Feb 08, 2012

Tracey rated it:

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is a realistic fiction book written in verse form. The intended audience is children from late elementary grades to early middle school (I, A). The story follows the journal of boy named Jack as he writes his way through the school year as a student in Miss Stretchberry's poetry class. Jack's gradual appreciation of poetry and his discovery of how it can help him communicate a devasting event in his life makes for an emotionally compelling story. I think the author More...

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Feb 07, 2012

Maria rated it:

I really enjoyed the book "Love That Dog" by Sharon Creech. This book is about a boy named Jack who is a student of Miss Stretchberry. In Miss Stretchberry’s classroom Jack has to write poetry. In the beginning of the book Jack shows no interest at all in poetry, he even says, “I don’t want to because boys don’t write poetry. Girls do.” As the book progresses Jack finds his inner poet and his best work is a poem about his dog Sky.

This book used great images. Although ther More...

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Feb 06, 2012

Amanda rated it:

Jack is a little boy who is learning about poetry at school. He really does not want to write poems because he is a boy and boys don't do that. His teacher is very impressed with is writing and asks if she can display some of his work for the class. Jack struggles with how good he feels about his own work and chooses to remain autonomous for the first few poems his teacher displays of his. Jack becomes very inspired by a specific author that they learn about during one of their lessons and w More...

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Feb 06, 2012

Jane rated it:

In Love That Dog the character Jack is forced to write poetry in Miss. Stretchberry’s classroom. He does not enjoy writing poetry at all, and does not feel confident about his work. He says it something just for girls. At first Jack isn’t too sure about his work, and whenever his teacher puts it on the board he asks if she will not say it his work. However, once he sees how good his work looks on the board he starts to become more confident and enjoys writing more. He begins writing about more p More...

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Feb 06, 2012

Jenn rated it:

This book is about correspondence between a boy Jack and his teacher Miss Stretchberry. Jack does not want to write poetry because he feels that it is for girls. Jack's teacher slowly but surely gets him to realize that poetry comes in many different forms and gets him to write a poem titled "Love That Dog" about his Yellow Labrador, Sky. This poem is inspired by Walter Dean Myers because Jack did not like poetry until he read a poem by titled "Love That Boy." That poem bec More...

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Jan 30, 2012

Casey rated it:

The book Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is about a boy named Jack who at first does not think it is very cool for him to write poetry. As the story progresses he begins to write poems that first are not to be hung up, then they cannot have his name on them, to him finaly accepting the fact that he can write good poems. Once he finds something he can relate to all the poems that are read in class become pieces to his final poem, and he even meets an inspiration Mr. Walter Dean Myers when writing More...

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Nov 04, 2011

Mike marked it as to-read

LOVE THAT DOG

Love That Dog is about a young boy named Jack. Jack is a kid that writes poems and that he thinks that the kids won’t like his poems. He thinks they might not like it or that they are not sure that it is not poetry. He also might get made fun of because of writing poetry. The only main characters are about Jack and miss Stretchberry are also used a lot. “ I don’t want to because boys don’t write poetry. Girls do.” The point that jack is trying to get to is that he doesn More...

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Oct 15, 2011

Spypigeon rated it:

For our poetry unit last year, we had to hear the audio version of this book. I think that sort of took away from it, because I found the voice of the reader very annoying. Especially when I had to hear him( the audio reader) say 'Walter Dean Myers' about 20 times in a few minutes. Bad poetry books always sound stupid when you read then aloud, because when you read in your head they sort of look nice in format, but speaking them makes it sound like it came from the mind of a small child. In fact More...

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Oct 13, 2011

Lindsay rated it:

Until reading "Love that Dog, I don't have any memories of reading a novel that is written in verse. I was amazed with genre as well as Sharon Creech's creativity and ability to include so many elements and formats of poetry. I loved how she did this while simultaneously sharing a story of Jack's change of heart towards poetry. I think this book gives children a great amount of insight to the joys and difficulties with writing poetry. As a reader, I connected greatly with Jack and was p More...

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Oct 12, 2011

Ashley rated it:

I recently heard my school librarian “book talk” Love that Dog by Sharon Creech to my students. Absolutely Normal Chaos, Bloomibility, and Walk 2 Moons were what my mom called my “loved” books growing up. They gained this title because they were read so many times they were starting to fall apart! Last year, I read Sharon Creech’s Granny Torrelli Makes Soup aloud to my students, and the insightful text provided us with a springboard into many insightful conversations, as well as many opportuniti More...

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May 29, 2011

Margaret Boling rated it:

29 May 2011 ** Day #2, Book #2 of the Summer Break Challenge

This is one of those books that I've talked up and read about in my college students' lit discussions, but never actually read. I highly recommend this novel-in-verse. The story conveys Jack's growing facility with writing poetry while also revealing his feelings about his dog, the experiences with mentor texts in his classroom, and the visit of poet/author Walter Dean Myers to his classroom.

Creech sucked me into th More...

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Apr 18, 2011

Amy rated it:

I shared this book today with my 3rd and 4th graders in honor of National Poetry Month. We listened to it on CD as we read along. I prefaced the book by explaining to my students that the main character, Jack, hates poetry, and I watched many of them immediately make a connection with him even before they cracked open the cover. Some of my students think they hate poetry too. But like Jack, if they unknowingly wrote with the "freedom" of free verse, they may not feel so prohibited. More...

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Dec 15, 2010

Lavender911 rated it:

Poetry is something that young Jack can't stand -- it's confusing and odd and for girls. But he can't seem to escape it, since his teacher insists on giving out assignments that require him to read and write the stuff. When he creates his own poetry and the teacher wants to post it on a board for the class to see, Jack insists on anonymity. But once he sees how good his poetry looks typed out in neat letters on yellow paper, he finally lays claim to his work. As the teacher reads aloud poetry fr More...

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Oct 20, 2010

Justine rated it:

This book was about a boy name Jack and he use to think that only girls writes poems. Jack's teacher Miss Stretchberry had him try to do one, so he did. But he didn't want any body to know he wrote one. So he told Miss Stretchberry not to put his name on it or to put it on the board because he didn't want any one in his class to know he wrote it. But eventually he begun to realize that it wouldn't be so bad if any knew the poem belong to him. Jack had wrote an poem about his dog Sky. He didnt wa More...

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May 22, 2010

Shally rated it:

Copyright Date: 1998
Number of Pages: 112

Plot Summary:
This is about Jack and his responses to his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, written in a poetry forms. The book is written for a younger audience in a very clever and creative way that it is interesting enough for adults to read. At the beginning it is understood that Jack doesn’t like poetry, is a smart-aleck to his teacher, and loves his dog. However because of his teacher's positive feedback on his poems, he realizes he More...

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Apr 16, 2010

Jordan rated it:

love That Dog

by:sharon creech.

i really liked this book i mean alot! There was alot of good and sad parts in this book. There was never a bad part to me in the book. i really liked how she would write about things that happend to her but put in poem "cool". some of the said parts of the book were that her dog died i hate when that happens. I felt so bad when i read that poem i wish that t More...

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Mar 22, 2010

Kristin rated it:

Every Fourth Quarter of the school year, I teach poetry. I find that students, especially 8th graders, have a difficult time focusing on lengthy assignments. The kids enjoy poetry because most forms we study are "short" and "easy".

As part of my unit, I like to introduce students to various poets and forms of poetry. Sharon Creech's books, Love that Dog and Hate that Cat provide a unique way to introduce poets such as Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams More...

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Mar 21, 2010

CH _Kenya rated it:

Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, is a funny, sweet, original short novel written in free verse. It introduces us to an endearingly unassuming, straight-talking boy who discovers the powers and pleasures of poetry even though he believe that it is only something a girl would do. As his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, introduces the poetry to the class, however, he starts to see the light and agrees that poetry is not so bad, it's not just for girls, and it's not even that hard to w More...

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Jan 18, 2010

Camille rated it:

This short book is about a boy named Jack who refuses to write something but then he gets inspired to write things and has a lot to say. He keeps talking to his teacher, Miss Stretchberry about his dog Sky and he has a lot to say like he is reaching deep into his feelings. One day, Sky gets hit by a truck. Jack writes a poem about Sky to express his feelings. At first, he hates poetry but then, he writes a lot about his dog by his teacher, Miss Stretchberry who inspires him.

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Jan 06, 2010

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