The World According to Dog

Poems and Teen Voices

Joyce Sidman

• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• eBook ISBN:
  9780547562315
• Year: 2013

A celebration of canine companions in poems, prose, and pictures: "The selections are funny, adoring, exasperated, and most of all grateful" ( Booklist).
 
There's no relationship quite like the ones we have with our dogs—dogs who befriend us; dogs who annoy, perplex, and accept us. This book explores the special bond between teenagers and their dogs—how days of crowded hallways, pointless assignments, and blinding crushes are brought to balance by our dogs.
 
Including insightful poems by Joyce Sidman and essays in which teens speak for themselves, as well as beautiful photographs by Doug Mindell, The World According to Dog reminds us that at the end of the day, waiting at home, there is always Dog—full of hope and companionship.

Contents

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Title Page

Contents

Frontispiece

Copyright

Dedication

Photo

Awakening

Always Take a Dog

The Usual Spots

Hey, Comet!

How to Meet a New Idea (Based on the Study of a Dog)

Noses

Bandy

At the Last Minute

Tag

The Banner of Dog

Rusty the Squirrel Exterminator

Dog and Squirrel: Steps in a Flirtation

Stink

Of a Dog

Hornet’s Nest

Separation

Understanding

Dog in Bed

Morning Greeting

What Your Ears Remind Me Of

Ninja

Puppy Love

Foot Fetish

The One Who Listens

This Is a Secret

The Splash of Your Heart

Sadie

Happiness

Dog Lore

Madeline

Bully Lessons

How I Felt When My First Dog Died

Shedding

Honey, Cream, and Licorice

What Really Matters

Doggy Bag

Note to the Reader

About the Author and Photographer

Connect with HMH on Social Media

Poetry copyright © 2003 by Joyce Sidman
Photographs copyright © 2003 by Doug Mindell

The copyright to essays and accompanying photographs in this collection is held by the individual authors and photographers. Reprinted with permission.

 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to [email protected] or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016.

 

hmhbooks.com

 

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

The world according to dog : poems and teen voices / by Joyce Sidman.
p. cm.

Summary: A collection of poems about dogs is accompanied by essays by young people about the dogs in their lives.

HC ISBN-13: 978-0-618-17497-3 PA ISBN-13: 978-0-618-28381-1

1. Dogs—Literary collections. [1. Dogs—Literary collections. 2. Youth’s writings.]
I. Sidman, Joyce.

PZ5.W78 2003
810.8'03629772—dc21
2002000476

 

eISBN 978-0-547-56231-5
v2.0419

To Merlin, of the black silk ears,

And Pecos, who came before

—J.S.

To my parents, June and Gene,
who always encouraged me to be creative
and who thoughtfully included the “u” in my name

—D. M.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Frontispiece
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Photo
• Awakening
• Always Take a Dog
• The Usual Spots
• Hey, Comet!
• How to Meet a New Idea (Based on the Study of a Dog)
• Noses
• Bandy
• At the Last Minute
• Tag
• The Banner of Dog
• Rusty the Squirrel Exterminator
• Dog and Squirrel: Steps in a Flirtation
• Stink
• Of a Dog
• Hornet’s Nest
• Separation
• Understanding
• Dog in Bed
• Morning Greeting
• What Your Ears Remind Me Of
• Ninja
• Puppy Love
• Foot Fetish
• The One Who Listens
• This Is a Secret
• The Splash of Your Heart
• Sadie
• Happiness
• Dog Lore
• Madeline
• Bully Lessons
• How I Felt When My First Dog Died
• Shedding
• Honey, Cream, and Licorice
• What Really Matters
• Doggy Bag
• Note to the Reader
• About the Author and Photographer
• Connect with HMH on Social Media