Emily's review
Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech
Emily's review
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Emily's review
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bookshelves:
chapter-book,
poetry
Summary (CIP): A young student,who comes to love poetry through personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, suprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Review: Beutifully written poetry tells the story of a reluctant writer and his feelings about his dog. The format is amazing, including both poems the boy, Jack, wrote for class as well as free verse poems, which are the notes he had written to the teacher about poetry. Reluctant poetry readers will relate to Jack's struggle to undertand and appreicaite poetry, but hopefully as Jack does, will learn to love it. References to popularly studied poems make this a valuable addition to any poetry unit, possibly as low as second or third grade.
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Review: Beutifully written poetry tells the story of a reluctant writer and his feelings about his dog. The format is amazing, including both poems the boy, Jack, wrote for class as well as free verse poems, which are the notes he had written to the teacher about poetry. Reluctant poetry readers will relate to Jack's struggle to undertand and appreicaite poetry, but hopefully as Jack does, will learn to love it. References to popularly studied poems make this a valuable addition to any poetry unit, possibly as low as second or third grade.
Starred reviews from both Kirkus and Publishers weekly!
