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Title: Fox by Margaret Wild, Ron Brooks ISBN: 1-929132-16-6 Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Pub Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thought-provoking discussion starter
Comment: This book is similar to a Shakespeare tale, leaving you with questions and urging you to imagine what will happen after the book is closed. I recommend this book for all middle school and high school age teens. It opens up discussions on friendship, betrayal and trust: concepts that are of great importance at that time.
Rating: 1
Summary: High-minded intentions, limited results
Comment: I realize that I am going against the grain in not praising Wild's _Fox_ as most reviewers in right and proper journals have done. Indeed, _Fox_ was named the Best Picture Book of the year in Wild's native Austraila. It is not popular to pan a book lauded by the experts in the field, however, I feel that _Fox_ deserves another, more realistic evaluation.
This deeply depressing picture book relies on gimmicky fonts and cliche to tell a story which most closely allegorizes an extra-marital affair rather than a betrayal of friendship as reviews have suggested. Not that there is anything wrong in doing so, but the book ends much too quickly, almost like a sitcom, seeking to solve the problems of the world in 1/2 hour. In the last page the book that attempts to be a commentary on betrayal, friendship, etc., quickly deteriorates into nearly a "happily ever after" complete with a "jiggly-hop!" My review will not be popular, but I urge readers to take a look at the book once more and decide for yourselves; don't just praise a book because the "experts" have done so.
Rating: 5
Summary: A moving story, told in an unforgettable artistic medium
Comment: Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks's Fox is a children's picturebook originally published in Australia. Written in shaky, printed script as if penned by a young child, and illustrated with powerful color drawings with just a hint of abstractionism to their art, Fox is an immersive tale of a one-eyed dog, a magpie with a burned wing, and a jealous fox who tries to end their friendship. A moving story, told in an unforgettable artistic medium, makes this unique book a children's classic.
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Title: Hello, Harvest Moon by Kate Kiesler, Ralph Fletcher ISBN: 0618164510 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 22 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Twilight Comes Twice by Kate Kiesler, Ralph Fletcher ISBN: 0395848261 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 20 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver, Lynn Rowe Reed ISBN: 0823416879 Publisher: Holiday House Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0375813748 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out by Ralph Fletcher ISBN: 0380797038 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 19 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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