Review by Booklist Review
Ages 4-8. Sid the cat lives at No. 1 Aristotle Street--and also at Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Every day, he makes the rounds of his six homes and enjoys six different dinners and places to sleep. Each of his owners, needless to say, is unaware of the others. This perfect arrangement backfires, however, when Sid comes down with a cough and finds himself taken to the vet not once or twice but six different times. Even after being exposed, Sid refuses to be reduced to a mere one dinner a day. He moves in with six new owners on Pythagoras Street. Children will empathize with the actions and attitudes of this charmingly greedy feline. Moore's illustrations, in color pencil, are soft, expressive, and humorous, focusing on Sid's reactions in each of his different environments. ~--Leone McDermott
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
A conniving kitty finds bed and board with a sextet of families; PW said, ``Moore's witty text contains just enough wordplay and gentle humor to appeal to parents and children alike. This tale of multiple mischief is as clever as the cat it features.'' Ages 4-8. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-- In Sid's neighborhood on Aristotle Street, the residents don't talk to one another. So it's simple for Sid, a six-dinner cat, to make six different people think he belongs to them. He works hard for his suppers, with six different names and six types of behavior. But when a cough precipitates six visits to the animal hospital, he is found out by the observant vet. His owners agree to make sure he receives only one meal a day, but since Sid is six-dinner cat, he just moves to Pythagoras Place where the neighbors do talk to one another and don't mind sharing dinner with him. Moore's large, colored pencil illustrations are realistic and fill the pages. She is especially strong in portraying individualized characters in the multiethnic neighborhood and the wonderful feline playfulness and insouciance of Sid. The text is rhythmic and the plot is one that children can follow and enjoy. Moore's text and lush illustrations work together to create a book that can be shared one-on-one or with a group. Readers will be happy to have this cat come back again and again. --Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha Public Library, WI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Sid, a clever black cat, has six different owners. He has six meals a night, six places to sleep, six names, and six favorite places to be scratched. Unfortunately, when he gets a cold, he sees the same veterinarian six times, and all his owners discover his other lives. Delightful story and pictures. From HORN BOOK 1991, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Sid the cat not only gets six meals a day from the various families on Aristotle Street, but he also has a different name, bed, and favorite place for each of his ``owners'' to scratch- -until one nasty cough results in six trips to the vet, who blows Sid's cover. Moore makes the most of her tall tale in amusing illustrations detailing Sid's several characters, then ends with a satisfying twist: abandoning his incensed owners, Sid moves to friendlier Pythagoras Place, where no one minds his continuing ploys. (Picture book. 4-8)
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