I Didn't Do It

I Didn't Do it by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest is a very cute book of poems about dogs. The first poem in the book is about puppies being born and it goes on from there about how puppies play but also have rules. The poems are all written very differently but also as a story all together. This book has wonderful illustrations that will grab students attention and will make them love puppies even more.

This book can be used in many ways in the classroom. First it can be used to address poetry and how poems can all be very different. It can be used to teach how poems can tell a story even if the poems are not all written the same way. A teacher can also use this book to show how artists create amazing illustrations. Students can take pictures of their favorite animals and write a poem about them and draw an illustration from the picture. Parents can also use this book at home for fun to read about dogs and their life styles.