Love That Dog

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Summary: jack can write poetry
Review: I think this book is okay. You have to read between the lines to fully understand it. Jack thinks only girls write poetry and he can't. Thoughout the book his teacher guides him to be very succsesful. This book almost reminds me of my life.

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Summary: Britni's Review
Review: Love that dog
By: Sharon Creech

I don't want to
because boys
don't write poetry.
Girls do.

The plot of the story in this book was that a boy named Jack who was scared to write poems because boys don't write poetry girls do. With the help of his teacher, pencil and some paper he gets the courage to tell his story. With some twists added in. He even gets to meet his favorite poetry writer when he comes to his school. The genre of this story would by fantasy.


I found this book really good because the interesting way the author wrote it by only showing the boys side of the conversation. I would recommend this book to kids able to read all the way up to 14, and people who enjoy fantasy books. This book really made me enjoy the style of writing. I had never read a book with that style of writing. I think anyone who read this book would enjoy reading it. Its not a page turner but there is something about it that made me keep reading.

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Summary: Love this kid!
Review: This book made this tough fifth grade teacher cry like a baby. As an animal and kid lover, I couldn't put it down. I shared this with my 5th graders, and they couldn't get enough of the book. Many said, "That's it? But what happens..."

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Summary: Love That Dog
Review: Let me guess, I have to pretend I still have this pet right? Well this book is about a boy named Jack, his teacher and also his dog Sky. Jack is an average boy who hates writing poetry and would do anything to get out of it, but dose he! This story takes place all over like at school, home, and outside. This story is during the school year, Jack finally gets in to it and it is such a good ending! I think that this book was defiantly a page turner; once you start you can't put it down. This book was not at all hard to consternate on and you just have to keep going. I did connect to a character because I don't like to write poetry either. I did like the genre in the story, and it fit the book great. I also liked the style of writing with the different fonts and pictures. I the story it held my interest all the way through out the story, and surprises came out everywhere. "Why do I have to pretend, why can't I just make up my own pet" Every character left you with a cliff hanger and you did not know what they were going to say next. This book was not at all boring. During the book I had to stop and think why, what is going to happen next? Almost anyone would enjoy reading this book it will only take you a half hour at the most if that!

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Summary: The book I finished in a half-hour
Review: All I needed was to read a book to finish my reading goal of 5 books for the 1st Trimester. I ended up reading something that changed my life. Love That Dog was one of the best things I had ever read! I'm a big fan of Sharon Creech, and I knew this book would be great like her other novels, like Bloomability, Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird, and Absolutely Normal Chaos. I loved Jack, and I really liked the way the book started out. Actually, it motivated me to try things I've never tried before. I think I'm a lot like Jack. In the beginning of 7th grade, I hated Economics class, but I grew to like it. Sharon Creech really uses words with such feeling, such expression, I awarded this book 5 stars. I'd award it more, but there's only 5 stars maximum in the rating chart. I suggest this book to anyone, even if they hate reading. You never know what can happen.

-Sonya*B.

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Summary: One of the best books ever
Review: I loved this book! It is absolutely great! It is a wonderful book for anyone to read. All will fall in love with it. It warms your heart. I loved how Jack finds that poems are more that just a bunch of mooshy-gooshy stuff that only girls write. My favorite part is how the story is told in short poems. I had a hard time putting down this book. It is one of the best books I have ever read.

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Summary: Best Book
Review: Love that Dog is a great book. It is really touching as u read. It is happy, sad, and enjoyable all at the same time. I loved reading this book through out the entire book. It is a very quick and easy read. It is a poem book in a little kid's view of it. At first kids say poetry stinks but as they get into it they get to love it. This is same with Jack. This book is a great book. I recommend everyone to read it. Everyone will love Love that dog.

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Summary: Love That Dog
Review: Love that Dog, a collection of poems by Sharon Creech, contains humor, love, sadness and laughter. The poems center around a young boy and His feelings about his dog, Sky. Each poem has a different meaning to them which explains what is happening throughout the story. While I was reading this book, I felt as if an angel were by my side. I felt comforted and safe. These poems could bring comfort to anyone who has experienced personal lost. I could realte very well to it because I also lost my dog, Whisper, to cancer. I would recommend this book of poetry to anyone in need of comfort.

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Summary: A Perfect Book
Review: This book is simply perfection. It is about a wonderful dog, a wonderful teacher, a wonderful poet, and above all, a wonderful boy who is coping with a tragedy. Be forewarned--this one is a tearjerker.

I loved the poems selected by the teacher to share with her class. I was an English major in college, and I am familiar with all of the poems. Yet I loved reading an elementary student's reaction to them. It's true: why does so much depend on the red wheelbarrow? So much more depends on the blue car splattered with mud racing down the road with miles to go before he sleeps, in such a hurry. At least to Sky, and to Jack.

My dog was hit and killed by a car last year. I was reading this book out loud to my husband and had to stop in a few places. Jack's description of the day that Sky got killed made my heart ache. But the poetry helps Jack remember the good times he had with Sky, and ease the pain of Sky's death. I wish I had had a teacher like Miss Stretchberry and the author of "Love that Boy" had come to my school. This is a superb story about coping with tragedy, the memory of loved ones, and starting over.

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Summary: Love That Dog
Review: Love that dog is a great funny poetry book for anyone. This book is a marvelous book. I didn't want to put it down. Its funny every which way. It's a great page-turner. It's poetry but it has lot of talking to the teacher, which is not in a normal poetry book. It leaves you hanging at the end with a bunch of ideas. Did the boy became a famous author? Did he end up working at the dump? Did he became a teacher? Read the book, its great in everyway. You never want to put it down, it's funny, and it's like no ordinary poetry book.