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Summary: Wonderful Book, Remind's Me of Ned's Journal
Review: My kids loved Love that Dog, and I did too! Using poetry to recount a story was refreshing and educational, which you don't see very often in a children's book. I highly recommend this book. The only other children's book I have seen using a poetry format was NED'S JOURNAL, which was also very good.
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Summary: You really will love that dog
Review: I LOVED this book. The first page will have everyone reading more and more. Who said a boy can't write poetry. The author has nailed this one. I am a school librarian and stumbled on this one during our book fair. It is a hidden gem. I immediately showed this to our Middle School writing instructors. It helped those reluctant boys write unbelievable work. The author has done a wonderful job of writing like a young boy and reflecting his thoughts and emotions (typical of any middle school child). Classic poetry is used as a cataylist in this book. The author even includes those poems mentioned in the book.
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Summary: A Beautiful little book, twice over
Review: This is a wonderful book about poetry and how it can help you come to terms with things you don't want to remember. It is written as the poetry journal of Jack, a student in Miss Stretchberry's English class. He begins the year with stubborn refusal to write poetry at all. As the year progresses, Jack learns to write poetry, to love other authors' poetry, to accept his feelings and memories and to open his heart to people who care about him.I strongly advise you to read this book twice: yes, finish it, then go right back to the beginning and read it again immediately. Once you know the whole story, watching it develop will be much more meaningful the second time (or third time, or...)
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Summary: This book ROCKED!
Review: I enjoyed reading Love That Dog. I began reading this book not liking poetry, just like the boy in this book. I really liked that the boy had his teacher type and print his poems. When you read Love That Dog you can tell how the boy is feeling.
I thought that the dog-shaped poem was interesting.I hope that you read this great novel by Sharon Creech.The book Love That Dog is super sweet.I hope you read this book too.I would give this book five stars.
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Summary: Read this out loud to your children
Review: A delightful book as told by Jack, a young boy struggling with understanding poetry and life's hard lessons. I read this to my children, choking up at several points. At the book's climax, we were all openly crying. But it's ending is both a reward and satisfying.
Sharon Creech has given us a classic.
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Summary: Good Work, Ms.Creech!
Review: This was an extremely good book, especially for poetry loving student. Itwas easy, but sometimes a less complicated book is nice. It is written in diary form, by a boy. Definitley one to read!
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Summary: Love That Dog
Review: This book has many different types of poems a little boy writes trying to tell his teacher that he just can't write a decent poem for school,only girls can,but his teacher belives in him so much that he has to.In the end he writes about his dog which,of course, is aboig part of the story.You must read this book because the author this book is a true author and when a good author writes a good book you must read it because it deserves you attention more than my cat deserves her kitty treats.
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Summary: Love That Dog
Review: My most-all-time-favorite book is Love That Dog by Sharon Creech.It's really a novel but at the same tme a book of countless poems that one boy wrote trying to tell his teacher he just couldn't write a decent poem because boys just arn't good at that kind of stuff.This book shows that you can say so so many thins with just one poem.This book is about a blue car,a boy and ,of course, a dog.There is a surprize at the end that I'm not gonna tell because it is so so so sad!But you can find out on your own if you read it yourself!
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Summary: My daughter's favorite book
Review: My 10 year old daughter does not like to read - she's pretty clear about that. So I'm always looking for books she might like - I gave her this one for her birthday last year, and she read the whole thing in one day, and just loved it. She's always telling me that she'll read more if I can find her another book like this one, but nothing seems to measure up. I highly recommend this book, especially for kids that love dogs, and would be intrigued by the poetry, the funny type changes, and the very real-sounding voice of a kid as the narrator.
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Summary: Good book for teachers
Review: This book shows us a school child reacting to poetry and slowly finding his own poetic voice. It's a cute book, but the audience it's intended for is a little unclear. I think the book is good for teachers, but although it is written in a format that a child could read, I doubt they would connect with it as well as adults who have more knowledge and perspective.
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