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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Schmidt, A. (2009). Loose Leashes. New York: Random House. 9780375856419 Created by a husband and wife team, Loose Leashes shares poems of dogs who are anthropomorphized in various ways. Honey doesn’t want to go to a groomer. Lewis and Clark seek adventure. Grace goes ice-skating. Pip and Squeak fight over a bone (Okay, so the last one is still typical dog behavior). From the first poem, “Loose Leashes,” several dogs are free to do as they please and most seek adventure of some sort. A few dogs deal with overcoming their fears. But most just have fun. The poems are cute and funny and lend support to the images they stand beside. For me, it’s the photographs that are most engaging. Surreal and fun, many kids will want to stare at them for a while, especially dog lovers. Some may even try to pet the end papers, which feature photos of a white dog’s coat. Activities to Do with the Book: After seeing the photos of Loose Leaches and reading or listening to the poetry, students may be inspired to write their own poems or stories based on the photographs (It might be easiest to give each students or small groups a photocopy of one of the images and have them write the poems beginning with describing what they see). Another option would be to have students pick their own favorite animal and draw them in strange settings or with various objects. A teacher could also ask students if they’ve read any other picturebooks that feature animals in weird places. (I think Chris Van Allsburg’s Jumanji would be a natural beginning). Although Loose Leashes does not list the dog breeds featured in the illustrations, a teacher could use the book to trigger a research project on various breeds. Favorite Quotes: “I’m going far— Just need to learn to drive this car.” “Sharing is always a hard thing to do, Especially when one bone is given to two.” “There once was a dog that could read With amazing page-turning speed.” For more of my reviews, visit sjkessel.blogspot.com. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Collects photographs and sixteen poems that explore the behavior and characteristics of dogs, and features the title selection, along with "I Will Not Go to the Groomer," "Learning to Swim," and others. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Personal Response: I picked this book off of the shelf because I loved the cover. It shows a Boston Terrier blowing a big pink bubble. I was choosing books for National Poetry Month and this one caught my eye. Inside, the pictures and poetry only got better. I shared it with my mentor, and she wanted to buy it after she had passed through the library and heard me reading a couple of the poems to a group of second graders. I think I will buy this one for her as a gift for being my mentor this year.
Curriculum Connection: I read two poems from this book to all of my 2nd-6th graders this week. They had to respond to each of the poems and write about the image that came to their minds when I read the poems. I got great responses. I read The Battle of the Bone which was about two Chihuahuas fighting over a bone, and I read Clean Dog, Smelly Dog: A Tail of Woe. I ended up reading several more poems from this book because the kids did not want me to stop. I even had a third grade boy use this book for his poetry project where he is creating a “copycat” poem. I will definitely be pulling this book off the shelf each April for National Poetry Month. ( )