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  <title><![CDATA[Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry]]></title>
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  <default-description>On a clear, sunny day, a small adventure begins.  First, a dog slips joyfully out of his house.  Next a car pulls up to the curb, leaving a white cat alone.  Then, slowly, a storm begins to brew over the park. Watch as an unlikely friendship takes shape in this one-of-a-kind book that combines story, art, and delightful concrete poetry.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2006</original-publication-year>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absorb poetry through shapes in this clever, albeit slightly difficult-to-read, poem/collection of poems demonstrating the shape words can make.  If you can divorce yourself from the idea that a book should be read from beginning to end and you need to catch all the words, you'll be fine.  Very arty...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21838419">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poems take the form of the background and tell pieces of a story about a dog and a cat who don’t get along but are forced to hide out under a picnic table during a rainstorm.  For example, the clouds are formed from bubbly white words that describe that they are building and getting ready to make ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42568987">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Concrete poetry combines with simple graphics to tell the story of a cat and dog who become friends while weathering a storm together. At first glance this seems to be a simple friendship story with eye-catching graphics, but closer examination reveals a myriad of fascinating details. A pounding ser...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19211159">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is hard to read. It is not a read aloud book.  But it's quite original and interesting to look at.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is simple and complicated all at the same time!  Even after multiple readings, I continued to find fun details and poetry to read &quot;hidden&quot; in the illustrations.  I especially loved the ants and the ladybugs.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the idea of the concrete poetry book but it was a little confusing for me.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A story written in concrete poems.  Should have won a Caldecott!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My kids loved this one!]]></body>
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