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published
November 1st 1990
(first published 1973)
by HarperTrophy
binding
Paperback, 176 pages
isbn
0380709260
(isbn13: 9780380709267)
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Socks is one happy cat....
He lives with a nice young couple called Brickers who play with him, pet him, feed him treats, and always have a w...more
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Read in January, 1979
recommends it for:
every kid..with or without a tabby cat but be prepared to procure one shortly.
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 (Tabbi...more
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 (Tabbi...more
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I marked this one as amazing because it was one of my favorite books to read when i was a kid (but then what do you expect from a cat lover?). I reread it i don't even know how many times I recently found it on one of the bookshelves in my mom's basement and reapprorpiated it for my collection. You have to keep a few things like that (even though i am currently trying to rid myself of all extraneous junk...)
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This is a cute book from the kitty's POV. It's not Beverly Cleary's best-known book, but it has the same charm and limpid style that makes her books such favorites with kids. It just follows a tabby cat's early life and adoption and difficulty adjusting to life with a baby. Some of the ways the human heroes treat pets sort of surprised me -- maybe it's just the era that it was written. The ending is very sweet, though.
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I love this book! It's so good. I read it last year with Georgia. It's about a kitten, who gets adopted by a young couple. The couple has a baby, and it's about how at first he's kind of jealous of the baby, but in the end, they become really
good friends. I'm not gonna' give away any more though.
good friends. I'm not gonna' give away any more though.
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Read in January, 1986
This was very different ground for Ms. Cleary. She wrote from the point of view of a cat. And she didn't make it a super intelligent cat or a cat that was anthropomorphized. Nope, it's just a cat, and what a cat might think and feel when he ends up having to share his "parents'" love with a new baby.
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This book is about a cat who is adopted to good owners. Then one day they start leaving for the whole day, every day! When they stop, they bring back a strange pet! Socks soon finds out its a baby. Now he thinks the baby is hogging everything! What happens between this pet and baby?
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I remember this book fondly from childhood. I grew up with alot of cats and after reading this book I always wanted to have a grey cat with white feet. Now that I'm newly married I'm remembering this book and hoping to get a new cat soon.
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This is a story about a cat living happily as king of the house with a young married couple, but then...the baby comes.Socks has to learn that he can't have all the attention, all the time. Definitely worth while.
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This was the book that caused me to fall in love with reading when I was young. It's about a cat (I still love it, even though I hate cats). Can't wait for my boys to be old enough to read it!
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Read in September, 1990
Beverly Cleary must have a cat, because she understands cat psychology so well. I love this book-- it's another one of my favorite cat stories. Highly recommended for all cat lovers!
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Read in September, 2008
This was a great read aloud book that my kids and I enjoyed. We could really relate to the hilarious cat whose world changes drastically with the arrival of a baby boy in the home.
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Read in January, 1975
This book may appear to be written for kids, but it's actually an endearing look into the life of a domesticated cat, and what happens when his people have a baby. Loves!
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Read in January, 1989
I adored this book when I was a kid. It was the perfect story, sweet and loving and just an all around great tale. I wanted a Socks all my own.
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I read this book a couple of months ago. Its a pretty good book. If your just starting to read Chapter books, I recommend this book for you.
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I like mostly all of Beverly Cleary's books. I absolutely love 'Socks'. I could read this book over and over again. I recommend you read this.
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This was my favorite book when I was little. It's the only book I moved to New Zealand with me, and brought back as a semi-adult.
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Read in August, 2007
I do love this story. It's a cute one. I loved it as a kid, and it's funny to read it now as a cat owner and mother of a newborn :)
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Read in July, 1996
ซ็อกส์...ลูกแมวขี้งอน แปลโดย'หนึ่งหรัด'
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Read in January, 1987
This books was one that all three of us kids read. I know it is about a cat, but I don't actually remember the plot.
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Read in February, 2007
recommends it for:
catlovers
i learned that cats are amazing family members. and that im not so crazy in thinking my cat is awesome!
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