Assignment 6

The link below will take you to a document in which I discuss how two books would appeal to readers in my library.

Assignment Six

Summaries of the two books used for this assignment:


Creech, S. (2001). Love that dog. New York: Joanna Cotler Books.

At the beginning of the book, Jack is very resistant to the idea of writing poetry.  As he receives praise from his teacher for his poems however, his attitude starts to change.  He writes a poem called "Love That Dog" about the death of his dog and inspired by Walter Dean Myers' poem "Love that Boy".  Jack continues to write poetry and Walter Dean Myers gets invited to the school for an author visit.  The author actually comes to his school and Jack is over the moon.

Selznick, B. (2011). Wonderstruck. New York: Scholastic.

Ben recently lost his mother and is staying with family.  One night he is struck by lightning and goes deaf in both ears.  After recovering in a hospital, he decides to run away to New York to locate the father he never knew.  When his plan fizzles, he visits a museum, makes a friend, and discovers some connections to his father.  The clues add up and he winds up meeting his paternal grandmother by accident who shares with him the story of his long-lost father.