By: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin Books
Reading Level: 7-10 years
Number of Pages: 96
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Summary: There are three farmers Bunce and Botts and Bean. And they are all rather mean. Mr. Fox and his family live in a hole near a tree. Mr. Fox steals food for his family from the farmers. Once the farmers realize what is going on they plan to kill Mr. Fox and his family. So to save their lives they do what foxes do best, they dig and dig and dig as long and as far as they can to escape the farmers and their many contraptions for finding them. Mrs. Fox gets too tired to move on, and the rest of the family is basically dieing from starvation. So Mr. Fox devises a plan to get food for his family and call all the children to come with him. while the farmers are camped outside the hole waiting for the foxes to come out a get food, the foxes dig their way to the farms and their storehouses to steal food from the unknowing farmers. In the process of doing this, they run into all the other animals that are now forced to run and hide from the farmers because of Mr. Fox. Once they steal all the food they need for everyone, they all return to the place where Mrs. Fox was resting and they have a feast with all the other animal families. And as far as we know, the farmers are still sitting outside the hole waiting.
Reaction: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found the illustrations hilarious and the characters lovable. Not to mention that I love the movie!
Recommendation: I would recommend this book to third or fourth graders. And also for parents to read to their younger children. I think this is a great tool to use to help teach accountability and providing for one's family.
Problems: Obviously there is a lot of stealing in this book. But whether or not you find it justified or not is up to you.
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