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Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech (Scholastic, 2008)

genre: Poetry, realistic

ages: 10-13

honors: none

review:

the boy

who didn’t know

a thing

about

poems, poetry, poets

is still enticed

is still enthralled

is still enchanced

by the poems and poets

and now

the boy who hates

cats

realizes that

cats

aren’t as

BAD BAD BAD

as he first

thought thought thought-er

and are good

friend fodder

opinion: The boy is back, and his is sure he hates cats—especially the big black one who scratched his face off. But like with poetry, he learns that what he first thought about cats was easily changed with his own Skitter McKitter… a little black kitten

ideas: Along with illustrating the art of free verse to students, this book introduces some famous poets to further edify young poets.