Hate That Cat
by:
Sharon Creech (author)
Jack Room 204—Miss Stretchberry February 25 Today the fat black cat up in the tree by the bus stop dropped a nut on my head thunk and when I yelled at it that fat black cat said Murr-mee-urrr in a nasty spiteful way. I hate that cat. This is the story of Jack words sounds silence...
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Jack Room 204—Miss Stretchberry February 25 Today the fat black cat up in the tree by the bus stop dropped a nut on my head thunk and when I yelled at it that fat black cat said Murr-mee-urrr in a nasty spiteful way. I hate that cat. This is the story of Jack words sounds silence teacher and cat.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061430947 (0061430943)
Publish date: February 23rd 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
I wasn't that taken by this book the first time I read it but rereading it I found myself liking it a lot. It's a great companion book to Love That Dog with even more poems/poetry recommendations in the back.
After reading [b:Love That Dog|53498|Love That Dog|Sharon Creech|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1349043084s/53498.jpg|984829], I was thrilled to see that Hate That Cat was available at my local library. I loved this one just as much as the first. I wish I had younger kids to read these ...
foe poet, faux poet? Brought a tear to my eye.
Jack is back! Miss Stretchberry moved up with him so luckily he has her as a teacher again. It’s time for Miss Stretchberry’s poetry unit again and this time Jack isn’t as reluctant to call himself a poet. While Jack does write about Sky, his lovable, yellow dog from LOVE THAT DOG, most of his po...
6/1/11 ** Day 5, Book 5 ** Love, love, love this book. I enjoyed the way that Jack evolved; this book seemed to be more about him and less about the poetry. Even in the poetic form, Creech used foreshadowing, with Jack's early poems wondering about what one 'hears' during a poem if they can't actua...