Love That Dog

Love That Dog

By Sharon Creech

Pages: 86

ISBN: 0060292873

Genre: Poetry

Setting: Classroom

I really enjoyed this one, not just because it was short but because of its humor. Jack explains to you that poetry isn’t for boys, he doesn’t even know it but he is telling his story through poetry. It is so well written that you are caught off guard when you realize what you’ve just is in fact poetry. So back to the story, Jack is a boy who is assigned to read and write poetry. It all fits. It all works. He writes about his dog in chunks and in the end you get a well written poem about the tragedy of his dog.