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Original Title:	Socks
ISBN:	0688300677 (ISBN13: 9780688300678)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	William Allen White Children's Book Award (1976)

Socks Hardcover | Pages: 160 pages

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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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Title	:	Socks
Author	:	Beverly Cleary
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 160 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1990 by HarperCollins (first published 1973)
Categories	:	Childrens. Fiction. Animals

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Ok.. some embarrassing sentimental reviewing follows. Read at your own peril.My boss, who just got a little tabby kitten for her 6 year old, was looking for books for her to read this summer. So of course, I think immediately of Socks and the summer I was six years old and got my own tabby kitten and read "Socks" sometime immediately after that. Changed my life.. or at least sparked my reading of books. So for all you parents out there...1. Get your kid a tabby kitten (Tabbies are the best- I'm

OMGosh. I laughed so hard. Beverly Cleary is surely a cat person, because she has totally pegged the way a cat acts and thinks. Poor Socks has a terrible time when his family brings a baby named Charles William home to live with them. His antics trying to regain their affection are adorable. Cleary's spare, understated prose lend to the appeal for kids, and although it was first released in 1973, any cat lover today will howl with laughter. If you don't enjoy this book, then you're probably a

This book for young readers is told from the point of view of Socks, a kitten with white feet who becomes the beloved pet of a young married couple, the Brickers. The first chapter takes place outside a grocery store where a brother and sister are trying to find homes for their "nice, fresh kittens." When a harried looking mom with too many children agrees to take Socks, the siblings hide him in the mailbox. They don't want their favorite kitten to be mistreated by too many little hands.The

Purrfect! I thought my 6-year-old might read this on his own, after he requested a book about a cat, but I ended up reading it to him and his 8-year-old brother. Socks reminded us of our grey tabby, Pete.

Socks is a white-footed kitten taken in to a perfect home: he always has a lap, and is generally spoiled... until the day the baby arrives. Now his position in the household is threatened by the new pet. It's a wonderful story about the impact of a baby from the cat's perspective - dated by a couple of passing references, but not too obviously for children - and the adaptations made. A good reminder for any new parents with pets, as well as for encouraging empathy in children!

I've loved Beverly Cleary since I was a disconsolate pre-teen, and I've loved cats since I was a disconsolate twenty-something. "Socks" was an enjoyable work, though it lacks the somber maturity of "Dear Mr. Henshaw" and its sequel. This one would be perfectly suited for a younger reader, and I'm glad I can add it to my "read" list.

Oh how we love Beverly Cleary at our house. My son (4) belly laughed out loud at some of Charles William's antics and would randomly bring up events from the book in conversation. I'm pretty sure if we ever get a cat, it will be named in honor of this feisty protagonist. As soon as we finished this book, we started the mouse and a motorcycle for the second time. 😄