Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

At first glance, I was very uninterested in reading this book and I did not think I would enjoy it very much at all. However, I was quite wrong, and this ended up being one of my favorite books I read all semester. One of the things I really enjoyed about this book is that I feel as if certain sections of it stand alone and could work by themselves, outside the context of the overall story. Also, the book was extremely fun and easy to read, and I read it from cover to cover in one sitting. I really enjoyed the inclusion of some of Jack's favorite poems at the end of the book as well (such as Love That Boy and the apple poem). I really liked how Jack comes to love poetry, and really enjoys writing it and uses it as an outlet for himself. Overall, I thought this was a wonderful book and I would certainly use it in my classroom. I think this book has some great potential to facilitate discussion and questioning about poetry and what poetry means to different people.