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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Read to my 4 year old. Not my favorite Roald Dahl book, but still silly.
While great to read to small children, it's not my favourite by Roald Dahl.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Loved this funny tale. Laugh out loud stuff.
long story short: a book about 3 angry farmer's who hate this one fox and go way over the top by getting 112 people to hunt down this one fox.
the foxes steal all their food and get pissed off cider
I kid you not, that really is the story line.
the foxes steal all their food and get pissed off cider
I kid you not, that really is the story line.
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The older I get, the more I dislike this author
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A quick fun read about a quick red fox.
Not my favorite Roald Dahl book, but Fantastic Mr. Fox takes the idea of a fox in a hen house and creates this fun reinvention. Enter three farmers who are each horrible -- one fat, one short, and one thin. They each also raise their own kind of fowl, which Mr. Fox loves to steal for his wife and kids. One day the farmers have enough and decide to shoot Mr. Fox. However, when they ambush him, they end up just shooting off his beautiful tail! Not to be dissuaded, the farmers continue to pursue Mr. Fox who had escaped back into his underground home. First they use shovels, then machines, and finally surround the hole and vow to not leave until they kill the fox -- they plan to starve him out so they can finish him off. However, you can't outfox a fox, and Mr. Fox enlists the help of other underground creatures to dig and dig and dig to gain access to the clueless farmers' store houses and hen house. Mr. Fox ends up dining on the farmers' stores with his other underground friends and the farmers are none the wiser.
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I could see using Fantastic Mr. Fox not only as a great story about thinking on your toes and survival for elementary kids, but I think secondary kids could do a deep dive into the book (or even just the introduction) to look at how Dahl uses diction to portray the three farmers as "bad" or "evil" and Mr. Fox as the "good guy" -- even though he is the one stealing from the farmers. By looking at the description of the characters, students could understand how those descriptions and word choice help establish this opposition between the characters and also put the reader on the side of the foxes.
Not my favorite Roald Dahl book, but Fantastic Mr. Fox takes the idea of a fox in a hen house and creates this fun reinvention. Enter three farmers who are each horrible -- one fat, one short, and one thin. They each also raise their own kind of fowl, which Mr. Fox loves to steal for his wife and kids. One day the farmers have enough and decide to shoot Mr. Fox. However, when they ambush him, they end up just shooting off his beautiful tail! Not to be dissuaded, the farmers continue to pursue Mr. Fox who had escaped back into his underground home. First they use shovels, then machines, and finally surround the hole and vow to not leave until they kill the fox -- they plan to starve him out so they can finish him off. However, you can't outfox a fox, and Mr. Fox enlists the help of other underground creatures to dig and dig and dig to gain access to the clueless farmers' store houses and hen house. Mr. Fox ends up dining on the farmers' stores with his other underground friends and the farmers are none the wiser.
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I could see using Fantastic Mr. Fox not only as a great story about thinking on your toes and survival for elementary kids, but I think secondary kids could do a deep dive into the book (or even just the introduction) to look at how Dahl uses diction to portray the three farmers as "bad" or "evil" and Mr. Fox as the "good guy" -- even though he is the one stealing from the farmers. By looking at the description of the characters, students could understand how those descriptions and word choice help establish this opposition between the characters and also put the reader on the side of the foxes.
"I know where I want to be, but I can’t possibly be sure we’re anywhere near it."