tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post7847829242055302320..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.644-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Dogs and Cats, Cats and Dogs - Books and PoetryTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-60410049681249930852007-12-13T20:19:00.000-05:002007-12-13T20:19:00.000-05:00I love DOGKU by Andrew Clements. It's a story abou...I love DOGKU by Andrew Clements. It's a story about a dog written in haiku! Very clever!Anastasia Suenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452503209711610454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-79197259360473192992007-12-13T09:54:00.000-05:002007-12-13T09:54:00.000-05:00Sara,I think Elaine hit the nail on the head. Many...Sara,<BR/>I think Elaine hit the nail on the head. Many of my undergrads come in with a real dislike for poetry, largely because of experiences in school. <BR/><BR/>I also think that with the push for teaching kids how to read and later focus on reading comprehension that teachers don't look beyond the basal read for examples, or simply don't feel that poetry qualifies as "reading material." <BR/Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-50304520323885753522007-12-13T09:29:00.000-05:002007-12-13T09:29:00.000-05:00Tricia,I only have time right now to list poetry b...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>I only have time right now to list poetry books.<BR/><BR/>DOGS<BR/><BR/>- Dog Poems by Dave Crawley<BR/>- Little Dog Poems & Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O'Connell George<BR/>- The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices by Joyce Sidman<BR/>- It's About Dogs by Tony Johnston<BR/>- Good Dog by Maya Gottfried<BR/><BR/><BR/>CATS<BR/><BR/>- Cat Poems by Dave Cawley<BR/>- Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-17423383263406217172007-12-13T09:13:00.000-05:002007-12-13T09:13:00.000-05:00Tricia,I have a whole bin of "perfect pair" books ...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>I have a whole bin of "perfect pair" books I've been meaning to review for Wild Rose Reader--and the Florian and Jenkins books are among them. I just haven't gotten around to writing about most of the books yet.<BR/><BR/>We spend two weeks on poetry in the children's literature course that I teach. For their final project, my students have to compile a themed poetry anthology Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-24263808788153061332007-12-13T06:25:00.000-05:002007-12-13T06:25:00.000-05:00Tricia: Great post. But I'm curious. Why the resis...Tricia: Great post. But I'm curious. Why the resistance to poetry in the classroom? Can you give more details about the reasons the teachers give for NOT doing it?Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.com