Reviews

Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie, Mark Graham

sducharme's review against another edition

4.0

A stray cat comes Sarah and Elizabeth's house every night around supper time and stays through the night, sleeping on their beds. He becomes part of the family and they name him "Charlie." He leaves in the mornings to hunt in the woods, or at least that's what they think. Where does he really go? Soft oil paintings illustrate the emotional ties the girls feel for the cat and the cozy scenes as they become attached to him. Single parent family connection.

thestarlesscasea's review against another edition

5.0

The theme for one of my book clubs this month is "childhood favorites," so I gathered an assortment of some of the books I remember loving as a wee bean. This one was my favorite. The story of a cat named both Charlie and Anderson, loved deeply by two families. Look, maybe I cry. The power of nostalgia and cats, man.

shighley's review against another edition

5.0

I am a librarian for 5 different staffs in 4 different buildings, and this year I've transported this book back and forth several times from school to school to fulfill teacher requests. As I delivered it once again today, I thought I should probably read it to see what all of the excitement was about. The book has a very nice surprise ending (which is what some teachers use it for), and is one that my mother would have loved, so I guess that endeared it to me even more.

amarieburns's review against another edition

5.0

I love this story! Its about a cat that has two homes. While one owner thinks that their cat, Charlie, is out hunting for the night it is actually as a different house. When the 2nd house thinks their cat, Anderson, is out hunting for the day it is at the first house. Eventually both owners find out that their cat is spending time at both houses they change his name to Charlie Anderson. The child in the book can relate to the cat in the story because they also split their time between two homes. This is a great book to read to bring up the topic of divorce.

malloriew's review against another edition

4.5

This book was very cute. I love cats very much and I can relate to feeding a cat and it gets fatter. I deliver a newspaper route at night and there's always this one orange, fat, tabby cat. Me and my siblings named him Garfield. And we decided we would bring him food at night. So i can relate to Elizabeth and Sarah when they want to help a cat they thought was a stray. This book is in my top 5 of children's books read this year so far.

staceym's review against another edition

4.0

We use this in reading 3rd grade

libmiko's review against another edition

4.0

I was expecting a sad losing-your-pet book, but it turned out to be a sweet, subtle story about how it's okay to have two families. V. cute.

pussreboots's review against another edition

3.0

Reminds me of one of my grandmother's cats.

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