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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I really didn’t enjoy this book at all and I struggled to read though it. What I will say is that the author did a good job with the book and I can see why people like this book. I really liked the chickens as they were funny with all the antiques that they got up to. I really didn’t like the killings in the books as they were wrote in such detail and that made me feel sick sadly. The foxes in this book are bully animals. Overall not the best classic book I have written. Xxx
Pretty intense for a kids’ farm book! War strategy, both valiant and senseless deaths, and steely-eyed revenge (plus interesting industry details and a lot of funny bits). This isn’t your grandma’s Dick King-Smith.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Hen-tertaining egg-scapade of foxes, feathers and very heavy eggs.
I thought I'd read this one, but definitely hadn't when I started it with my 6-year-old. For older children than Sheep Pig and Hodgeheg-type titles by King Smith, this has very complex sentences (hard to read aloud even for adults!) and advanced and sometimes old-fashioned vocabulary, my son really loved the story and the bits that went over his head certainly didn't put him off.
Foxearth Farm has some rather evolved chickens on it - they can actually fly, they have more than their fair share of wits about them and both are very useful when it comes to the relentless efforts of the local foxes to deplete their numbers.
It is only when one particular brood is hatched and shows particularly developed skills that the flock knows it may be time for the long-noses to get what they deserve. But while this is happening, there's a cunning young band of foxes as well, in training to take all the juicy birds they desire.
Back and forth between the two species goes the story, with a particular gruesome and graphic chapter that very young listeners/readers might be upset by, as the story builds to a climax as three pullets train and prepare for their parents' (well it's Mum really who's the brains) plan to be put into action, hopefully saving their flock.
We enjoyed this over a couple of weeks of bedtimes, it's one that older readers can read alone, my son certainly needed me to read this aloud, but he was gripped by the story and working out just what the chickens had in mind.
A bittersweet ending to it (a new word for the boy too!), but another wonderful farm-set tale for readers of around the ages of 6-10.
I thought I'd read this one, but definitely hadn't when I started it with my 6-year-old. For older children than Sheep Pig and Hodgeheg-type titles by King Smith, this has very complex sentences (hard to read aloud even for adults!) and advanced and sometimes old-fashioned vocabulary, my son really loved the story and the bits that went over his head certainly didn't put him off.
Foxearth Farm has some rather evolved chickens on it - they can actually fly, they have more than their fair share of wits about them and both are very useful when it comes to the relentless efforts of the local foxes to deplete their numbers.
It is only when one particular brood is hatched and shows particularly developed skills that the flock knows it may be time for the long-noses to get what they deserve. But while this is happening, there's a cunning young band of foxes as well, in training to take all the juicy birds they desire.
Back and forth between the two species goes the story, with a particular gruesome and graphic chapter that very young listeners/readers might be upset by, as the story builds to a climax as three pullets train and prepare for their parents' (well it's Mum really who's the brains) plan to be put into action, hopefully saving their flock.
We enjoyed this over a couple of weeks of bedtimes, it's one that older readers can read alone, my son certainly needed me to read this aloud, but he was gripped by the story and working out just what the chickens had in mind.
A bittersweet ending to it (a new word for the boy too!), but another wonderful farm-set tale for readers of around the ages of 6-10.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A