{"product_id":"socks-9780688200671b","title":"Socks","description":"Socks is the name of the newest character to be created by Beverly Cleary. He is a young tabby cat with four white paws, and he lives happily with a young married couple, Marilyn and Bill Bricker. The center of the Bricker household, Socks rules it affectionately but firmly.\u003cp\u003eInto this loving home, however, comes another pet. This creature has a small, wrinkled, furless face, and Mr. and Mrs. Bricker spend an inordinate amount of time trying to burp it. Its arrival fills Socks with jealousy and a terrible anxiety. How the rivalry between Socks and Charles William, the Bricker baby, turns into an alliance makes a domestic drama both touching and funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough her story is about a cat and faithful to his point of view in every detail, Mrs. Cleary demonstrates with it the emotional upheaval experienced by a child who must learn to share his parents. As young readers come to understand Socks and his problems, they will gain a new understanding of themselves. But, most of all, they will laugh.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822325731408,"sku":"9780688200671B","price":8.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780688200671-l.jpg?v=1785887481","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/socks-9780688200671b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}