The Midnight Fox: 1 (Faber Children's Classics)

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The best places to find fox paw prints are in the mud or snow, in woods, wetlands and the wider countryside. These impressions can clearly be seen in the ground, complete with claw marks. Like dogs, foxes have one central pad surrounded by four toe pads, though fox prints are narrower than a dog’s. Foxes also have a smaller, almost diamond-shaped central pad, with toe markings that sit higher up. For city boy Tom, adjusting to life in the country is hard. But, when he discovers a fox and her cubs living in the forest, he is fascinated and determined to protect them. Then Uncle Fred decides to go after the fox. Will Tom save her and her family in time? A animal adventure story that has remained popular over the decades and is still often read in schools today. Midnight's powers don't exactly have a specific name. They look like electricity and have almost identical effects. They basically look exactly like lightning if it was red. This power comes out of her tail and hands and is powerful enough to destroy a whole city in under 7 minutes. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -

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I enjoyed the book a lot because of the enthusiasm and heart warming details it has in it. I would most definitely recommend this book to someone who loves animals or adventures.I wanted to keep reading to finish this book because it just grabs your attention with the words it just describes the characters so well and gives so much information and grabs your attention that you wont want to put it down.THe book created a heart warming feeling just a good book that will make you smile. When i read this it made me think of if there is a fox like in The Midnight Fox and it makes you wonder if its true and just think about the book. This book is fantastic if someone is looking for a book that will cheer them up on a bad day or just comfort them its this book because it just shows how each character feels and it shows so much love to an animal and people that it will make you want to hug someone. Trying to tame, touch or hand-feed foxes, especially in urban areas. As wild animals, they should be respected and deterred from becoming too bold. Many people are scared of urban foxes because they mistake their inquisitive behaviour for aggression. The descriptions of settings and of country values are coherent, vivid and unusual. A city reader is taken into the smells and tastes of the country. Betsy Byars (née Cromer; 1928 –2020), an American author of children's books, says The Midnight Fox is her favourite of all her books. It was also the first book she put parts of her own life into, using headlines that came from some Betsy and her sister wrote as girls and things that her own dog had done.

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I also thought the way the author described the inner thoughts of the protagonist was really good, and reminded me of just the sort of things I would catch myself thinking when I was younger (and maybe occasionally today too, if I'm being honest). The tone was just right, and they were just outlandish enough to be realistic children's thoughts.

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Renata’s wren encounter proves magical, one most children could only wish to experience outside of this lovely story.It's safe to say I didn't have any sort of expectations. From the name and cover, it looked like it was going to be a bit twee and without much merit, but I was pleasantly surprised, as I mentioned. It's definitely Michael Morpurgo-esque (although as it might predate him, I guess that should be the other way around), and I mean that in a good way. It's a story about a slightly troubled child and a bond with an animal, as many of his are, but there is also some real emotion in the book. I cannot exactly explain my fascination with this fox. It was as if I had just learned a new and exciting game that I wanted to play more than anything else in the world. It was like when Petie Burkis first learned to play Monopoly, and that was all he wanted to do – – just play Monopoly. One time he followed me around the yard on his knees, begging me to play with him. And one time he made his sister play with him and he did everything for her – – collected her money, moved her piece, paid her rent. All she did was sit there reading a magazine. The next time I saw the fox, it was a marvelous accident. These don't happen very often in real life, but they do happen, and that's what this was. Like the time Petie and I were walking down the alley behind his house and there, on top of this lady's garbage, we saw a mayonnaise jar full of marbles – not just cats Eye marbles but all different kinds, kinds I had never seen before. Petie and I turned them all out on the grass and first Petie chose one and then I chose one until they were all gone. And both of us right now, today, have every single one of those marbles. Ted Hughes had a lifelong interest in mythology and considered his fox to be totemic. At times of stress …for example, while overloaded with work when studying at Cambridge University … he dreamed of a fox-man figure who urged him to be gentle with himself, to avoid destroying his creative impulse.