![]() There is some personification going on, yet it remains true to the nature of cats. I felt both like I was utterly human and also in the head of Socks as I read it. Surprise! This book is perhaps the best animal fiction that I have ever read. ![]() So we snagged it, despite my distaste of the feline. Socks was one of the Cleary books that we did not have but the library did. We have a number of the books, mostly in the Ramona series, and we have been adding to them from the library. I have already reviewed the Ramona series and the Henry Huggins series, as well as Muggie Maggie. ![]() I am in the middle of reading out most of the Beverly Cleary books (there are a lot of them) to my kids. My loving this book came as a surprise to myself. Let me also give a review spoiler: I loved this book. Let me begin this review with a revelation: I hate cats. Seen here in the William Morrow and Company version illustrated by Tracy Dockray. ![]() Socks, by Beverly Cleary, and first published in 1973. ![]()
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