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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... dog " from All the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth ... Dog . Printed here by permission of HarperCollins Publishers . " Street Music ... poem . ISBN 978-0-06-440959-9 [ 1. Poetry - Fiction . ] I. Title . PZ7.C8615 ...
... poem about the 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 ...
A Novel Sharon Creech. OCTOBER 10 What do you mean- Why does so much depend upon a blue car ? You didn't say before that I had to tell why . The wheelbarrow guy didn't tell why . What was up with the snowy woods poem you read 5.
A Novel Sharon Creech. What was up with the snowy woods poem you read today ? Why doesn't the person just keep going if he's got I don't want to write about that blue car that. so many miles to go before he sleeps ? And why do I have to ...
... poem but at least it sounded good in my ears. Here is the blue car with tiger sounds: Blue car, blue car, shining bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky? I could see you in the night ...