One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller
One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller
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One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

Written and illustrated by Kate Read
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2 - 6
Reading age
36
Page count
Oct 1, 2019
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A counting book made for children but sure to thrill even the adult reader.

There are not many counting books that declare themselves to be “thrillers,” but such is the proclamation of One Fox, and it is true to its word. While by the counting title one might first expect this to be a simple board book, instead of the picture book form it is, it’s clever development is better suited for—indeed relies on—an audience with the emotional maturity to understand the different feelings created by the story: foreboding, apprehension, suspense, comic relief. Readers will be especially shocked when it appears the “one famished fox” has actually eaten the “three plump hens.” Read’s gorgeous illustrations done in collage style with mixed media bring a playful and captivating style to the story, as in the scene when the fox’s long body and enormously bushy tale are depicted encircling the hen house, producing an absolutely ominous feeling in readers. Employing few words and relying mostly on the illustrations to tell the story, it is disappointing that with only numbers one through nine to account for, “eyes” are used in two different instances: “Two sly eyes,” and later “Eight beady eyes,” though in the latter instance it is funny to compare the three set of concerned eyes belonging to the hens with the one set of excited fox eyes. A delightful culmination is provided by the juxtaposition between the impression that the hens have been eaten with the shocking reality that in fact the hunted have become the hunters.

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  • Kate Read, the author and illustrator of the book, makes it look like maybe the fox has eaten the hens. Did you think it had?
  • In an ironic twist, the fox gets chased away by the hens. What did you like about the ending of the story?

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Book Details

ISBN
9781682631317
Publication Date
October 1, 2019
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company
Illustration Details
The illustrations were created as mixed media with collage and painting.
Page Count
36
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
2 - 6 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2019018373

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