Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl

Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Author: Roald Dahl
Brand: Puffin Books
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-16
ISBN: 0142410349
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Puffin
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  • ISBN13: 9780142410349
  • Condition: New
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Book Review: Good Story. I'm looking forward to the movie.
Summary: 4 Stars

I thought I'd read just about everything by Roald Dahl, and then I saw news that a new film was coming out based on Fantastic Mr. Fox by Dahl. I'd missed one! I rushed to the bookstore to pick up a copy.

The story concerns Mr. Fox and his family. They survive by picking off poultry from the surrounding farms owned by a set of stupid and repellent farmers. Those farmers, one day, determine to kill Mr. Fox and company, even if it means destroying their farms and all of the other wild animals in the area to succeed. Fox and family have to be creative in order to survive.

It's all, of course, a fun read with Dahl's characteristic humor and that acerbic edge that is so unique to him (though I do think the Lemony Snicket novels have something close). The best thing in this story (and in many of Dahl's) is the way the animals form a rag-tag community in order to battle back against the absurdity and ineptitude of those who hold and abuse power (the farmers). It's a nice vision, within a clever story, and it's one that always has an extra sense of authenticity because of the darkness Dahl's willing to portray in his stories. I'm glad now to have discovered this story, and I'm looking forward to seeing the movie that results from it.

Summary of Fantastic Mr. Fox

Mr. Fox is surrounded, and he?s going to have to come up with a truly fantastic plan to dig himself out of trouble this time.
In the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this case are a vaguely criminal team of three stooges: "Boggis and Bunce and Bean / One fat, one short, one lean. / These horrible crooks / So different in looks / Were nonetheless equally mean." Whatever their prowess as poultry farmers, within these pages their sole objective is the extermination of our hero--the noble, the clever, the Fantastic Mr. Fox. Our loyalties are defined from the start; after all, how could you cheer for a man named Bunce who eats his doughnuts stuffed with mashed goose livers? As one might expect, the farmers in this story come out smelling like ... well, what farmers occasionally do smell like.

This early Roald Dahl adventure is great for reading aloud to three- to seven-year-olds, who will be delighted to hear that Mr. Fox keeps his family one step ahead of the obsessed farmers. When they try to dig him out, he digs faster; when they lay siege to his den, he tunnels to where the farmers least expect him--their own larders! In the end, Mr. Fox not only survives, but also helps the whole community of burrowing creatures live happily ever after. With his usual flourish, Dahl evokes a magical animal world that, as children, we always knew existed, had we only known where or how to look for it. (Great read aloud for any age; written at a 9- to 12-year-old reading level)

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