Love That Dog: A NovelThe Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, brings readers a story with enormous heart. Love That Dog shows how one boy named Jack finds his voice with the help of a teacher, a pencil, some yellow paper, and of course, a dog. Written as a series of free-verse poems from Jack's point of view, this novel is perfect for kids and teachers, too. Jack hates poetry. Only girls write it and every time he tries to, his brain feels empty. But his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, won't stop giving her class poetry assignments—and Jack can't avoid them. But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns that he does have something to say. "I guess it does |
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A Novel Sharon Creech. SHARON CREECH LOVE THAT DOG TwP JOANNA COTLER BOOKS “ The Red Wheelbarrow ” by William Carlos Williams ,. Harper TrophyR An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
A Novel Sharon Creech. “ The Red Wheelbarrow ” by William Carlos Williams , from Collected Poems : 1909–1939 , Volume I. Copyright © 1938 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp ...
... red wheelbarrow and the white chickens and why so much depends upon them . If that is a poem about the red wheelbarrow and the white chickens then any words can be a poem . You've just got to make short lines . so many miles to go ...