Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Fox's Garden
Fox's Garden
by Princesse Camcam
Enchanted Lion Books, 2014
review copy provided by the publisher
This newest book in Enchanted Lion's Stories Without Words series is magical and perfectly suited to being a wordless picture book -- it is the story of a fox who needs a safe place to give birth to her kits.
The snowy nighttime scenes have the silence of secrecy as the fox moves towards a secluded house. She is chased by a woman and a man, but quietly observed by a boy as she finds shelter in the greenhouse. The boy brings her a gift but doesn't interfere. In the end, the fox repays the boy's kindness.
The quote opposite the title page captures the quietness of the story:
"On the fresh snow,
as in my heart,
footprints, traces."
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This book is extraordinary!!
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