For instance, without looking for thirty and some years, I could easily recite:īut, hold the phone… nonetheless…in a kids book? Would we get away with that now? I’m thinking probably not. Going back over Fantastic Mr Fox in order to write this review has been interesting. But this also meant I fell wholly, completely and utterly in love with a great many of the books I read. True, these were the days of test cards on the TV and before the age of Facebook, so being a less than athletic child there wasn’t much else to do. In my much younger years though, I devoured books by the hundred. I’ll admit there was a lean reading period somewhere around my late teens when I found alcohol, boys and staying out all night a lot more preferable to a good book…but in the main, I have always been a bookworm. I have been an avid reader pretty much all of my life. 1998 (orig.Well, we could hardly have a Fox-Week without including by far the best foxy book ever written… could we? This Illustrated Reinterpretation Highlights The Vibrant Qualities Of This Story. Seeing Bean's Ears Filled With All Kinds Of Muck And Wax And Bits Of Chewing Gum And Dead Flies And Stuff Like That Only Strengthens The Reader's Dislike Of The Character. Not A Page Goes By Without A Detailed Drawing Reinforcing The Mood Of The Story. Fox Despite The Fact That He Is Stealing Chickens! The Line Drawings, With Washes Of Gray Are Spontaneous And Lively. When Bean Announces That I Want That Fox! I'm Going To Get That Fox! I'm Not Giving In Till I've Strung Him Up Over My Front Porch, Dead As A Dumpling! The Reader Immediately Aligns With Mr. Clever Use Of Language Gives An Aura Of Refinement To The Fox Family, While One Of Villainy Surrounds The Farmers. Chapter Titles Announce The Direction The Story Is Taking. The Beginning Chapters Describe The Characters, The Following Sixteen Present A Constant Stream Of Adventures As The Bitter Confrontation Ensues Between Mr. Fox Is Surrounded, And He's Going To Have To Come Up With A Truly Fantastic Plan To Dig Himself Out Of Trouble This Time.children's Literaturein This Story, A Gentleman Fox Outwits Three Crass And Vindictive Farmers In Order To Protect His Family From Extinction.
0 kommentar(er)
