Book Description
for Little Fox by Edward van de Vendel and Marije Tolman
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Good parents everywhere know the tension of wanting their kids to be curious, to have rich experiences and friends…but to be perfectly safe while doing it. Little Fox knows all about it! His father warns him of the danger everywhere. But Little Fox still frolics with butterflies, scavenges for food, and searches for new friends. Then one day he takes a tumble, bumps his head, and starts dreaming of things that reflect both the beauty he's seen and the scary things he's heard. And when Little Fox wakes up, he's perhaps a little wiser, but still every bit as curious and full of life.
USSBY 2021 Outstanding International Books List.
Author has been a principal and teacher, and is now a writer living in Rotterdam.
Netherlands. Originally published in by Querido in 2015. English translation by David Colmer published in the United States by Levine Querido in 2020.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.