As young readers come to understand Socks and his problems, they will gain a new understanding of themselves. Cleary demonstrates with it the emotional upheaval experienced by a child who must learn to share his parents. How the rivalry between Socks and Charles William, the Bricker baby, turns into an alliance makes a domestic drama both touching and funny.Īlthough her story is about a cat and faithful to his point of view in every detail, Mrs. Its arrival fills Socks with jealousy and a terrible anxiety. Bricker spend an inordinate amount of time trying to burp it. by Beverly Cleary illustrated by Alan Tiegreen bookshelf Beloved Little Blue takes.
This creature has a small, wrinkled, furless face, and Mr. In the end Socks and the newcomer young Charles William Bricker make friends (and together make a mess of the nursery), but as cats suffering from sibling rivalry cant read, Socks appeal will be limited to those humans who talk baby-talk to animals.
Into this loving home, however, comes another pet. The center of the Bricker household, Socks rules it affectionately but firmly.
He is a young tabby cat with four white paws, and he lives happily with a young married couple, Marilyn and Bill Bricker. Socks is the name of the newest character to be created by Beverly Cleary.
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