librarianryan 's review for:

Charlie the Tramp by Russell Hoban
2.0

This is a new edition of a book originally published in 1966. It wasn’t updated and is the worse for it honestly. It’s about a little beaver who does not want to be a big beaver when he grows up. He wants to be a tramp. In 2018 tramp means various things. One is long term homeless. At times it is glorified as being a traveler, but they are no. This feels like an affront to real homelessness. It makes play out of a series situation. It doesn’t offer empathy, but rather explains it as a lifestyle choice.