Love that Dog blog ( Poetry book)

The book I chose is called "Love that dog" by Sharon Creech.

The story is about a boy named Jack who really doesn't like poetry. His teacher motivated him to write poems about things he liked, one specific was about a blue car. After writing and practicing poems he realized he was smart enough to write his own poems and started enjoying writing them. after meeting one of his favorite authors he decides to write about the sad experience experience of his dog dying. In the end he realized that writing was fun and could help him deal with the painful memories of the past and help him cope.

according to the six elements of social justice this book incorporated awareness raising for poetry, The young boy thought only girls write poetry but with the encouragement of his teacher she helped him realized how pleasurable writing poetry is and helped him with his creativity. he began writing more and more creatively and enjoyed it so much. Second, Respect for others, is an important thing as well in the story. In most of his work he doesn't want his name on any of his poems because he doesn't want his classmates to know he wrote them because he truly felt only girls wrote poetry. His class was accepting of the poetry regardless of the anonymous name or not. Lastly, self love and knowledge played an important role in this story. He realized how much he really loved writing poetry and continued to learn to write better and better every time he learned to accept it and love that trait about himself. This book shows that each person has their own kind of creativity even if you think its acceptable or not, gender has no label with what each can and can not do.