Dogku: dog haiku poems

by Ginny Tata-Phillips, Diane Grindol

Delightful haiku poems, each illustrated with a photo. You'll laugh and cry as you savor the pages of this great dog gift book. Poems are observations about being a dog, having a dog, loving dogs. There's a chapter on service dogs. Order two today - one as a gift and one to keep!

Genres: Dogs

108 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 2008

About the author

Ginny Tata-Phillips lives in Palmyra, VA with 3 rescued Basset Hounds, 2 scruffy little Dachshund mixes, 5 goats, one pig, 1 cow, 3 barn cats and over 75 rescued birds. She wrote the acclaimed Duffy To The Rescue with Tom Schreck as well as some very well received animal-themed haiku books with Diane Grindol. RESKU, DOGKU, BIRDKU, HORSEKU and PETKU are the haiku titles currently available. HAIKU IS THE SPICE OF LIFE is her cookbook with haiku (or haiku book with recipes!) Hot off the press is STAY HOME AND READ HAIKU, her 7th collaboration with Diane Grindol.

Reviews

[Malinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dogku: Dog Haiku Poems, by: Ginny Tata-Phillips is a fabulous book! I am a huge fan of Haiku poems and when I came across this one about dogs--I was excited. The first part of this books teaches readers about what a Haiku poem is, which I thought was great! I felt this would a perfect mentor text when trying to teach poems--Haiku poems to students. Not to forget to mention is it about dogs and most students like animals. What stuck out to me about this book is that the poem is not just silly words used in a Haiku about a dog, but rather it teaches you what a dog is by using a Haiku poem. This is a great nonfiction Haiku poem book.

I would recommend this book, because it is a interesting book and could be used in more than one educational ways-- teaching Haiku poems and teaching about dogs--just to name a few.

[Diane]

I put all my heart into this book, and lots of my photos of dogs for which I pet sit. Co-author Ginny adds earthy humor and her own observations about living with or being a dog.

[Ginny Tata-Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed creating our first all color haiku book!

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book of dogku. Love how the photos align to the haiku. Creative. What keeps this from being 5 stars is the dogku is a bit too literal for me. I like Haiku to make me think.

[Robert Tata · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book!