Love That Dog

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Summary: Love that Book
Review: One of the teachers I work with is going to be using this book to teach poetry in her creative writing class, and thrust it at me to see what I thought about it. Well-written, clever, and bittersweet, it lead me having to bite back tears in front of my freshmen class. It's wonderful, and anyone - young or old - will benefit emmensely from this sweet, well-thought-out book about a boy and his yellow dog.

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Summary: A must-have-book
Review: The first time I read this book I cried, and I don't cry with most books I read. But when I read it for the second time it didn't seem so sad and it actually seemed sweet, touching, and uplifting. The boy's innocent and sensitive spirit really touched me. The author is truly a genious. The poems are so simple it seems very realistic that a boy named Jack really did write them all for class, but they are also very emotional. I couldn't help but to love Jack and his dog and gain a greater appreciation of poetry. The author also uses colors and phrases that repeat throughout the story, and has a way of placing a line in just the right spot so that it catches you by surprise and makes you stop and think, or smile, or cry. I highly recommend Love That Dog to adults and children of all ages, even if you don't like poetry or dogs!