Love That Dog
  • Published:
    Aug-2001 (Hardcover)
    May-2002 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    112
  • Age Level:
    09-12
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Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, a funny, sweet, original short novel written in free verse, introduces us to an endearingly unassuming, straight-talking boy who discovers the powers and pleasures of poetry. Against his will. After all, "boys don't write poetry. Girls do." What does he say of the famous poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"? "I think Mr. Robert Frost / has a little / too / much / time / on his / hands." As his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, introduces the canon to the class, however, he starts to see the light. Poetry is not so bad, it's not just for girls, and it's not even that hard to write. Take William Carlos Williams, for example: "If that is a poem / about the red wheelbarrow / and the white chickens / then any words / can be a poem. / You've just got to / make / short / lines." He becomes more and more discerning as the days go by, and readers' spirits will rise with Jack's as he begins to find his own voice through his own poetry and through that of others. His favorite poem of all is a short, rhythmic one by Walter Dean Myers called "Love That Boy" (included at the end of the book with all the rest of Ms. Stretchberry's assignments). The words completely captivate him, reminding him of the loving way his dad calls him in the morning and of the way he used to call his yellow dog, Sky. Jack's reverence for the poem ultimately leads to meeting the poet himself, an experience he will never forget.
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    • Jun-2002
    • Bloomsbury (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0747557497
    • ISBN13: 9780747557494
    •  
    • Jan-2001
    • HarperCollins
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0061711454
    • ISBN13: 9780061711459
    •  
    • Jan-2002
    • Scholastic
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0439442427
    • ISBN13: 9780439442428
    •  
    • Feb-2003
    • Joanna Cotler Books
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0064409597
    • ISBN13: 9780064409599
    •  
    • Mar-2003
    • Joanna Cotler Books
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0060526025
    • ISBN13: 9780060526023
    •  
    • Sep-2003
    • Scholastic
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0439569869
    • ISBN13: 9780439569866
    • First Edition
    • Jul-2001
    • Joanna Cotler Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0060292873
    • ISBN13: 9780060292874
    •  
    • Jul-2001
    • HarperCollins
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 006029289X
    • ISBN13: 9780060292898
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Jan-2002
    • Scholastic
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0439370957
    • ISBN13: 9780439370950
    •  
    • Jan-2003
    • Longman
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0582796636
    • ISBN13: 9780582796638
    •  
    • Mar-2003
    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0756913802
    • ISBN13: 9780756913809
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Mar-2003
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0606273891
    • ISBN13: 9780606273893
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Dec-2014
    • HarperCollins
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0061961337
    • ISBN13: 9780061961335
    •  
    • Dec-2014
    • HarperCollins
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Apr-2002
    • HarperAudio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0060087900
    • ISBN13: 9780060087906
    •  
    • Oct-2003
    • Bloomsbury
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0747564035
    • ISBN13: 9780747564034
    •  
    • May-2005
    • HarperCollins
    • Downloadable Audio
    • ISBN: 006084843X
    • ISBN13: 9780060848439
    •  
    • May-2005
    • HarperCollins
    • Downloadable Audio
    • ISBN: 0060848448
    • ISBN13: 9780060848446
    •  
    • Mar-2006
    • HarperAudio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 006085278X
    • ISBN13: 9780060852788



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