Charlie Anderson (Picture Puffin) - Softcover

Barbara Abercrombie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014054464X ISBN 13: 9780140544640

Publisher: Puffin Books, 1994

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A cat comes out of the night to steal the hearts of two sisters, who look forward to the cat sleeping on their beds, until one day Charlie doesn't come home and they learn a surprising secret about him.

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About the Author

Barbara Abercrombie, an author of books for both children and adults, teaches creative writing in the Writers' Program at UCLA Extension and conducts writing workshops for the Wellness Community. She lives with her husband in Santa Monica, California, and Twin Bridges, Montana.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3-- Two sisters, Elizabeth and Sarah, adopt the cat who appears on their doorstep every evening--but never during the day. Soon he is sleeping on their beds and answering to the name of Charlie. The girls visit their father in the city every weekend, but on weekdays, when they are home with their mother, Charlie is always there by suppertime. One night the cat doesn't come. The next day the girls discover that he lives in a house with a family on the other side of the woods, where he is called Anderson, fed by day and let out by night. They all call the cat "Charlie Anderson," and realize that he, like Elizabeth and Sarah, "has two houses, two beds, two families who love him." Graham's soft-toned, realistic paintings of the charming little girls and the furry gray cat are delightfully appealing, perfectly conveying the mood and message of the story. --Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 014054464X
• ISBN 13: 9780140544640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Mark Graham