Love that Dog by Sharon Creech

Creech, S. (2001). Love that dog. NY: HarperCollins

Love that Dog by Sharon Creech it is a book written about a boy name Jack who hates poetry and is very reluctant to try it. I believe that my reluctant readers would love the comedy of this book. He is so honest with his evaluation of the poetry the teacher reads to the class and that will attract the reader because they can see themselves in him. He expresses himself so clear and bold. Every line is so clear and fresh that you can see him taking to you as if he was your friend or brother. I would sell this book by introducing Jack, a boy just like them who does not get poetry and is hesitant about writing it. I would also read the book to them so they can see what a wonderful book it is. I would introduce it to the teachers when they teach poetry to consider it and give them the lesson plan for it too.  I like the book trailer they have on you tube of a dog. I would like to introduce with that the book trailer and read some lines that are catchy like the poem of the "Red wheel barrow by the white chickens". Jacks comments are funny and attention grabbers. I would make a book marks with yellow paper with a dog and the title of the book and author’s name and pass out for the students to remember the book and want to read it. Have a display on one of the shelves with a picture of a yellow lab and the book next to it. A poster reading “If you like dog stories this book you must try.”  

Other books by the author are Hate that cat , it’s very similar to Love that Dog, Jack is still in the poetry class and writing poems but it shifts to his mother and a mean cat his mother got him. Another book by the author is Walk two moons, it is about a girl who wishes be reunited with her mother. Very different to the Love that dog and Hate that cat in that Walk two moons is dealing with a girl abandon by a mother and living with the grandparents. No poetry in this book just a child dealing with a loss of a parent. Another book is Chasing Redbird set in Kentucky like several of her other books and with similar names and places as the other books she written. Is about a girl who believes somehow she has cause the death of her cousin Rose who lived in the house next to them when she was four and her Aunt Jessie who died nine years after that. All her books are not only dealing with real issues but have included humor, sadness, and even romance.