The winter fox

Timothy Knapman

Book - 2017

Fox loves to frolic, but his friends worry, because he doesn't want to think about preparing for winter. Finally, Fox wishes upon a star.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Timothy Knapman (author)
Other Authors
Rebecca Harry (illustrator)
Edition
First U.S. edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 28
ISBN
9780763696313
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Review by Horn Book Review

Ignoring his friends' warnings to build a den, Fox plays throughout the fall. As he wishes regretfully on a star, a mysterious present falls from the sky (where Santa's sleigh is just visible); Fox shares the package's contents with friends, who kindly help him make a winter home. Despite the too-convenient resolution, Fox has an appealing joie de vivre in the foil-accented acrylic illustrations. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

Fox plays all summer long and doesn't take care to prepare for winter. In green and golden double-page spreads, Fox gambols and loafs while his friends busy themselves preparing for winter and offering to help him do the same. When they tell him they will be snug in their dens all winter long, he replies, "I will play in the snow and sing to the wind and have the whole forest to myself!" Naturally, once winter does come, Fox finds himself bitterly regretting his imprudent ways. Thinking to himself, "Oh, I wish I'd listened to my friends," Fox looks for a star to wish on and is bonked on the head by a falling box wrapped in bright paper. (In the distance, a dim silhouette of a flying sleigh and reindeer can be espied, the only hint of Santa's presence in the book.) Fox opens the box and finds various foodstuffs and smaller wrapped boxes, which he distributes among his friends. After a feast, they counsel him to store the leftovers to get him through the rest of the winter. Each soft-focus illustration is embellished with silver foil for maximum sparkle, highlighting birchbark, dead grasses, and snowdrifts. All the animals are so fuzzy and nonthreatening it's easy to imagine this Fox playing with instead of eating his squirrel and rabbit friends. Though it lacks the brevity of Aesop, this lightly Christmas-y twist has some charm. (Picture book. 4-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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