Socks - Softcover

Cleary, Beverly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0757548172 ISBN 13: 9780757548178

Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub Co, 2010

Synopsis

Socks is the name of the newest character to be created by Beverly Cleary. He is a young tabby cat with four white paws, and he lives happily with a young married couple, Marilyn and Bill Bricker. The center of the Bricker household, Socks rules it affectionately but firmly.

Into this loving home, however, comes another pet. This creature has a small, wrinkled, furless face, and Mr. and Mrs. Bricker spend an inordinate amount of time trying to burp it. Its arrival fills Socks with jealousy and a terrible anxiety. How the rivalry between Socks and Charles William, the Bricker baby, turns into an alliance makes a domestic drama both touching and funny.

Although her story is about a cat and faithful to his point of view in every detail, Mrs. Cleary demonstrates with it the emotional upheaval experienced by a child who must learn to share his parents. As young readers come to understand Socks and his problems, they will gain a new understanding of themselves. But, most of all, they will laugh.

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Review:

"Hilarious...Both children and adults will roar with laughter at Socks's antics and cringe at his misdeeds."--School Library Journal

Hilarious...Both children and adults will roar with laughter at Socks s antics and cringe at his misdeeds. --School Library Journal"

-Hilarious...Both children and adults will roar with laughter at Socks's antics and cringe at his misdeeds.---School Library Journal

About the Author:

Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up.

Instead she became a librarian. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born!

Mrs. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. Dear Mr. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0757548172
• ISBN 13: 9780757548178
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138
• Illustrator: Dockray Tracy