Have you read the book, Love That Dog by Sharon Creech? I really enjoyed this book which is writen in prose poetry. It is about a boy, Jack, who doesn't think poetry is for boys, but his teacher reads some of the poems by great authors and she also encourages Jack. Jack's year is ended by a classroom visit from Mr. Walter Dean Meyers, the author of Love That Boy, a poem that has become the boy's biggest inspiration. We just received Hate That Cat also by Sharon Creech, the second book and I can't wait to read it! "