In their third outing, cat brothers Anton and Cecil stop in Chicago on their way home from an adventure and meet a police bloodhound Ruby LeNez. Ruby enlists their help to help her solve a case. Puppies are disappearing right off their leashes in the Chicago World’s Fair. As Anton and Cecil tag along and try to follow the clues, Cecil disappears too. Now Anton will have to work with Ruby to find the puppies and his brother.

Kids who love books about talking animals will enjoy this novel. It contains everything a good story should: adventure; friendship; a mystery; and good life lessons. Unlike other kids’ books that try to turn issues into soapboxes, authors Martin and Martin let the characters take the lead. The cat brothers meet a caged tiger in a circus who yearns for her freedom, yet in that same circus a monkey performs his act with pride and glee. With a deft hand and an old-world feel apt for the late-1900s setting of the book, the authors offer target readers a rollicking good time. I recommend readers Bookmark Anton and Cecil: Cats Aloft.

This is a fantastic adventure with a wonderful historical background. I love that this is set at the Chicago World's Fair! All of the animal characters are delightful. I highly recommend this entire series! Please write more!

As a cat lover and being 'owned' by two wonderful cats I loved Anton and Cecil book 3. Children will also love this wonderful story as the two brothers are returning home from their adventures out in the Wild West, but a detour while waiting to change trains sends them to 1893 and the Chicago World's Fair, where they are recruited by a detective dog, who just happens to be a Bloodhound, to help find missing puppies literally disappearing in plain sight! And they're off on another adventure!
Children and adults both will delight in this book as well as the first two in the series. A wonderful and unique story that introduces children to history through the eyes of Anton and Cecil, feline brothers who live for adventure.

Anton and Cecil, Book 3, by Lisa Martin, and Valerie Martin is the third book in the Anton and Cecil historical fiction series. After traveling by ship and train in the first two books, they get an opportunity to travel in the air in this outing. Anton and Cecil hook up with a bloodhound, Ruby LaNez in Chicago, to try a solve the mystery of the stolen white puppies. After helping to capture a bank robber, they head off to the fair to track down half a dozen missing white puppies. When they think they know who the culprits are, Cecil accidentally ends up in a hot air balloon. After a disaster in the sky, he ends up at the circus where he locates the missing puppies. With the help of some of the circus animals and a group of overgrown rats, he comes up with a plan to free a Siberian tiger and rescue the puppies. Anton and Ruby follow their noses and also end up at the circus.
What an enjoyable adventure for a pair of adventurous cats. The illustrations are scattered throughout this early chapter book and add just enough visual appeal that children will enjoy. For readers who love animal adventurers this is a fun series. This is an early chapter book that would be great for those late primary, junior readers to enjoy.

I received an advanced copy this book via NetGalley and Algonquin Young Readers. Thanks so much.

This is a great addition to the brother cats Anton and Cecil adventure series - and you don't need to have red the other titles (although they are great)

Anton and Cecil, the lovable, adventuring feline siblings, are on their third adventure, where they'll discover a carnival, find themselves recruited to solve a mystery of missing puppies, and discover that ballooning is yet another way to travel!

Taking place in Victorian England, this third book in the Anton and Cecil series is filled with fun and adventure. It's not necessary to read the first two in the series; there's enough exposition to jump right in with the animals and enjoy. Kelly Murphy's black and white illustrations add depth and breathing room for readers. These are stories that will make parents remember the books we read growing up - The Wind in the Willows, The Rescuers, A Cricket in Times Square - and be glad that there are still sweet stories like this to be told.

This book - this series - is a great add to collections where animal fiction does well.