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Hate That Cat
By Creech, Sharon
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06143-092-3 978-0-06143-093-0
- Publisher
- Cotler HarperCollins
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2008
Gr 4-8 In this worthy sequel to "Love That Dog" (HarperCollins, 2001), Jack is once again in Miss Stretchberry's class, developing his poetry composition skills and learning from the masters. His Uncle Bill disparages the free-verse form and mundane subjects, stressing the importance of metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and LARGE moments. But Jack works his way into these concepts by means of Miss S's introduction to the work of Edgar Allan Poe, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Valerie Worth, and Walter Dean and Ch...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2008
In this follow-up to Love That Dog (rev. 11/01), narrator Jack has moved up a grade in school but has the same inordinately understanding teacher. Jack continues to address Miss Stretchberry in free verse in which he explores what makes a real poem and struggles with the more rigid definition his uncle Bill uses: "a poem has to rhyme / and have regular meter / and SYMBOLS and METAPHORS / and onomoto-s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Narrator Jack (<i>Love That Dog</i>) continues to address Miss Stretchberry in free verse, exploring what makes a real poem....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
