They also can probably remember the first time they found the work that made THAT AUTHOR their favorite author. They can understand not liking something because it has been “wrong” to them ( Hate That Cat). They can empathize with his loss of his dog ( Love That Dog) and his hesitancy with poetry. Readers can see themselves in Jack, the main character of both books. Why? Because they speak to the kid reader. But when we gave them the books, they usually were a hit. Kids have been taught poetry “wrong” (IMHO), so I have found few kids that like reading poetry. This is due to the above statement and they are set in a prose poetry format. When Love That Dog and Hate That Cat came out, I knew these books were not going to be for everyone. I did not find a “everyone liked this one book by her” but everyone seemed to like something from her. I found that books he liked, I did not, and the reverse was true. But I realized she was an author that wrote books you “liked or not” that book but not necessarily a “like or not” the actual author kind of author. I would read a few of her books because of his recommendation and the new one that had just come out. When I first came to work at the bookstore one of my coworkers had been in the business for several years (but not at “our” store) and one author he liked was Sharon Creech.
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