I Gave in!

I had said for years that I would never read Hate that Cat, just because of the name!  I love, love, love kitties and just couldn't imagine reading a book with a title like that!  But then, Creech book after Creech book...I knew I had to read it. And I am so glad I did.  I read Love that Dog so long ago, I had forgotten that Walter Dean Myers is mentioned in it.  And you know how I love Mr. Walter Dean Myers!
I both listened to and read this book and I highly recommend that. 
It was neat to be reminded of the poetry of William Carlos Williams, of The Red Wheelbarrow fame!  I thought it was pretty funny that the boy writes about his uncle, who likes to fight with everyone, and thinks he is always right.  He says that his uncle told him that poems need to rhyme and that his poems were not good.  He also said that William Carlos Williams was a "minor poet."  I just found that very amusing, and I know that people can be like that uncle!  I thought that it was cool, too that this toady uncle was a college professor, just proving that even people in "important" jobs can also be wrong! 
Great book and well, I loved how the boy came to know the truth about cats!