Book Descriptions
for Fox's Garden by Princesse Camcam
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A luminous wordless story begins with a fox wandering into a village on a cold, silvery winter night. Chased off by adults, the fox takes shelter in a greenhouse, giving birth to four kits. A child who saw the fox go inside brings it a basket of food. Later, the fox and her kits slip through the sleeping child’s bedroom window with gifts of their own. Enchanting cut paper and painted illustrations convey the magic of the winter world and the power of kindness in this book that will elicit sleepy sighs of pleasure. Although no words are needed, the simple, eloquent epigraph states, “On the fresh snow, / as in my heart, footprints, traces.” Yes. (Ages 2–6)
CCBC Choices 2015. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2015. Used with permission.
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
A lost, pregnant fox wanders into a village on a snowy night looking for shelter. Harshly chased away by the village people, the fox finds shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this and brings the fox a basket of provisions and goes back to bed. For his compassion and kindness, the fox and her kits sneak into the boy's room and fill it with flowers as a sign of gratitude. The simple cut-paper illustrations mixed with the illuminated backgrounds are mesmerizing and heartwarming. Readers will be enchanted and inspired by the message of showing kindness to all living things.
France. Originally published in France as Une recontre by Éditions Autrement in 2013. Published in the United States by Enchanted Lion in 2014.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.