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“I guess I don‘t want to write poetry. I want to be poetry.”

A story told through poetry, capturing a boy‘s journey of discovering his voice and love for poetry.

Use this book to discuss different forms of poetry and have students write poems about their own pets or favorite animals.

“I tried.
Can't do it.
Brain's empty.”
I like this quote because it really shows what the character was feeling.

I would use this book to teach free verse and teach students about expressing themselves.

Poetry - published 2001. This is a Novel all in free verse. The story is about a boy named Jack who learns to love poetry. He learns a lot about himself and learns how to use his words to express himself.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cry-cry-crying. I read this on the recommendation of both of my boys. Super cute and clever, but so dang sad.

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We read this as part of our professional development and I quite enjoyed it. It is written in prose, it is short but impactful. I really loved the main character's growth. 4 ⭐️

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“I guess it does
look like a poem
when you see it
typed up
like that.“

Fun story about a boy who learns to love poetry and writing it.

Poetry, The is a free verse piece written in a diary format. It starts out in more short and resistant sentences but grows to be more refined by the end because the more that the boy writes the more that he learns he has to say.

“…but at least it sounded good in my ears.”

I think a lot of students may start out not liking poetry, but can have a change of attitude about it if they are given the tools to help them be successful and feel empowered in their work.

Told in the perspective of a young child. At the beginning of the story, Jack hates poetry. He does not want to write poetry and says girls write poetry, not boys. As the book progresses he starts to find his voice and creativity in poetry and finds a new appreciation for it.

"Was it like me/when I didn't think/my words/were/poems?/ Maybe you will tell/the anonymous tree poet/that his or her tree poem/is really/a poem/really really/and a good poem, too."
??

Discovering you CAN like poetry. Mood:

"My brain was pop-pop-popping/when I was looking at those poems./I never knew a poet person/could do that funny/kind of thing." ??

"I think Mr Robert Frost/has a little/too/much/time/on his/hands." ?

“Sometimes
when you are trying
not to think about something
it keeps popping back in your head
you can't help it
you think about it
and
think about it”

A cute, quick listen on my way to work today! Poetry is hard until you find something you really feel passionate about. Jack finds this out, along with the fact that all poems are subjective. Some you feel deep down, some just miss the mark. 💜 #Top100KidLit

I found this series in the library and needed a short read. Finishing this book in one day I would recommend it to poetry lovers but it didn‘t really “strike?” me as a book. I‘m starting the sequel “I Hate That Cat” and I‘ll update you to as how it goes. :)

Short little poetry book with a cute story and references to other poets. I liked it a lot. #575PMRChallenge #ChildrensPoetry

Oh man...this one made me cry. A sweet, good, quick verse novel read. This is a great book I think would resonate with kiddos, which is probably why my supervising teacher chose it. #lovethatdog

I know that this isn‘t Book Related, but asking for prayers and thoughts for my family and I. We said goodbye to our Gypsy Rose today. Today we found out she had a fast developing cancer that spread in less than a year and incurable. 14 years she has been my shadow and reading buddy. Today we are grieving heavily for the loss of this sweet and gentle soul.

I dont want to
because boys
don't write poetry.

Girls do.

I think that this is such a cute book and it reminds me a lot of my introduction into poetry.

A great introduction to poetry. This book follows a boys process as he learns to enjoy poetry. The structure is constantly changing and it keeps the book engaging. A great read for younger kids.

I finish my book :)

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Day 6

I like this book it was good

I like this book it was good

I bought this book in the 5th grade after my yellow dog, Sky, passed away. My mom just recently found it. It's nice to have that memory again 🖤🐾

Why have I avoided this one for so long?
I loved watching Jack‘s confidence with poetry grow
I loved his responses to the poetry his teacher shared
I loved the inclusion of those poems at the end

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This was tbe first poetry book I ever got for myself when I was about 12 and I still love it

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Nothing says #truelove like the love between a child and his dog. I must say I teared up a bit over the poetry that Jack wrote in this book.

This is my big furry child(he's usually a LOT furrier, he was shaved down in this picture for summer). His name is Taz aka Tazzy and aka (when he's being stubborn ,which is often lol) Tazmanian. He is a husky/chow. He'll be 7 years old May 28th. I've had him since he was a little fluffball at 8 weeks old.

I really don't know what I'd do without him. He's been there thru some really tough times. I love my boy ❤

#LoveYourPetDay

#lae3414sp19 Love That Dog is a (P) children‘s book written by Sharon Creech. This book tells the story about a young student named Jack, who is learning to write poetry. The reader gets to follow along as Jack becomes more comfortable and more enamored with writing poetry. As the story progresses, Jack‘s poetry entries become more revealing and heartfelt, which leads to more than a few interesting moments/stories. This would be a great LC

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (P, DCF Children‘s Book Award winner) is a favorite of mine that I‘ve kept since childhood and a must-read for everyone. It‘s especially important for students with low self-efficacy to read the story of someone they can relate to finding a creative outlet through writing and learning to embrace it. It‘s for this reason, among others, that I think this book would work best as a SR to promote discussion. #LAE3414sp19

I was so ready to breeze through this #kidlit reread last night before #homeschoolbookclub, and of course Sharon Creech snuck up on me again and made me tear up 😭 She‘s been doing that to me for 20+ years at this point, you‘d think I‘d expect it by now.

Pictured is one of the concrete poems the kids wrote— this group‘s prompt was “ball” #raisingreaders #librarianlife

This evening‘s #homeschoolbookclub prep with Olive (and a very yellow theme) #kidlit #dogsoflitsy

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