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Fox 8 parent’s guide: what’s inside
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A note for parents
Fox 8 is a short, beautifully illustrated novella that uses a fox's perspective to explore themes of empathy, environmental harm, and the value of looking beyond differences. While there are some mildly scary moments involving danger to animals and a shopping mall destroying natural habitat, the tone is more wistful and darkly humorous than genuinely frightening. The story rewards kindness and understanding, making it suitable for sensitive readers around age 7 and engaging for older children.
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From the publisher
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal. Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one hi... From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal. Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack. Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”
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- Fiction
- Children's fiction
- Human-animal relationships, fiction
- Foxes, fiction
- Language and languages
- Human-animal relationships
- Foxes
- Animal welfare
- Animals
- Treatment
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Satire
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ISBN 9781984818027 · Random House