Charlie Anderson

The illustrations make you want to stroke the page and the story gives a powerful message, especially for any I parents heading towards separation! Charlie, a stray cat adopted by Sarah and Elizabeth, becomes an integral member of the family. Spending the evenings and nights with them, he disappears into the woods for the day. When one night he doesn't come home, the children are distraught and, searching the neighbourhood, they find out Charlie Anderson's secret: he, like them, has two loving homes. This is too good a story to be pitched only at children experiencing this situation - it should be available for all to see how positive sharing a life between two homes can be.