Reviews

The Cat and Mrs. Cary by Peggy Bacon, Doris Gates

thearomaofbooks's review

4.0

I'm not sure why, but I have a real fondness for this book. It's one I used to check out of the library when I was a kid, and then eventually bought the discard at the library booksale. It's a really fun children's book, so the plot is somewhat simplified, but there is still enough of a mystery to keep things moving. It's kind of interesting to have a children's book be mostly about an adult (Mrs. Cary, whose first name we never actually learn!), and I love the way that Mrs. Cary finds out The Cat can talk, and then just goes with it, like has literally no problem accepting this! I also like that even though The Cat can talk, he is still 100% obnoxious cat.

All in all, while this story isn't one that's full of crazy twists and turns, it's still a fun and entertaining story with some gentle lessons about family and togetherness along the way.