The yellow cover peeking through the cardboard box jumped out at me. What was this burst of sunlight doing in our mail room? A new book for the 3rd grade. Looks fun. The entire book is a poem? Interesting. I’ve got 10 minutes, maybe I can power through it. Moved to tears.
You simply have to read Sharon Creech’s magnificently beautiful work, Love that Dog. That’s all I have to say.
Here’s a short excerpt that in no way conveys the depth of feeling in the book, but it’s a simple reminder of something we all experience:
Sometimes
when you are trying
not to think about something
it keeps popping back
into your head
you can’t help it
you think about it
and
think about it
and
think about it
until your brain
feels like
a squashed pea.