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This book encourages stealing, underage drinking, and living in an underground bunker so you never have to face sunlight again. Recommended!
Three stars for the questionable morals and implications for the animal society. Mr. Fox stole from local farmers for years and the farmers are fed up. They decide to wipe out the entire Fox family. These are talking animals - this is murder.Instead of trying to negotiate (or even work for a living), the Fox family makes a run for it and they end up endangering all the animal families that live in the hill, the Badgers, the Weasels, the Moles, the Rabbits, etc. Their homes and children are at r...
Another lovely book by Roald Dahl, with the always beautiful illustrations by Quentin Blake.
Is it okay to steal sometimes?Small children would say that no, stealing is wrong. As they get a bit older, books such as Fantastic Mr. Fox will teach them that the world is not quite so black and white, and that yes, it's all right to steal if you're starving, and if the person you're stealing from obviously can afford it and is also really mean.Grown-ups will (or at least should) understand that it's rather more complicated than even this. But for the time being this lesson is adequate: enough...
If you ever need a boost of serotonin, especially in the fall, this book is literally screaming at you to read it.Plus then you unlock the ability to watch the Wes Anderson film version (because everyone knows you're not legally allowed to watch movies until you read the book), and that's just even more serotonin for you.It's a life hack.Bottom line: You're welcome.
Fantastic Mr. Fox is an amazing book for children. Even I, myself, loved Mr. Fox. He is soo clever and determined. Mr. Fox steels food from three farms own by nasty owners. He steels to keep his family alive. But one day the owners finally decide to kill him once and for all. But Mr. Fox is too clever for them. His optimism is amazing. I love optimistic characters. I didn't wanna read it. Had to read it for my younger cousin's school work. Now I am happy that I read it. I highly recommend this b...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GREG!!! YOU ARE OLD!!!! EVEN OLDER THAN LAST YEAR! greg's birthday is today, so i am floating this now to remind you that you still have time to shower him with presents!*****************************it is greg's birthday!!! and as a treat for him, i am going to create a book review in which i use plenty of pictures of foxes!!! they are his favorite!!first, a sleepy fox:a grouchy fox:a defiant fox:a hide-y fox:fox and friends:bad fox:chilly fox:charming fox:suspicious fox:mischiev...
My impressions in a single word: Meh. I recently read this to my little boy, and I have to admit I really didn't care for it. Don't get me wrong. It's not a *terrible* book. There's nothing hideously wrong with it. (See my review of Esio Trot, if you want to see me go off on a Dahl book I hated.) But there wasn't much right with it either. The simple fact was Mr. Fox was not, in fact, very fantastic. The plot centers around some farmers that try to kill Mr. Fox. They try to dig him out of his ho...
I was completely unfamiliar with this middle grades chapter book by Mr. Dahl.My 11-year-old discovered it at her school's book fair, and when I peeked inside and saw the publication date of 1970, I did a happy dance. Kismet! I read it to my daughter in a couple of nights and added it to my “70 from the 70s” reading project.Given that it's a book by Mr. Dahl, it was (a) borderline insane (b) greatly enjoyed by my preteen and (c) filled with subtle little sexual tidbits that luckily flew right ove...
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald DahlFantastic Mr Fox is a children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was published in 1970. The story revolves around an anthropomorphic, tricky, and clever fox named Mr. Fox who lives underground beside a tree with his wife and four children. In order to feed his family, he makes night visits to farms owned by three wicked, rude, cruel and dim-witted farmers named Boggis, Bunce and Bean and snatches away the livestock available on each man's farm. Tired o...
It turns out that my kid and I are both Dahl fans. Not uber-fans, but we usually always have a pretty good time every time we crack a book.THIS IS A GOOD THING. We didn't have that great a time with Narnia. Give us Gaiman, give us Dahl, and even give us Dickens, but Please, No Thank You to Lewis. :)High points of Mr. Fox:The bad guys look and sound not like farmers, but bankers. We have a full redistribution of wealth scheme going on here... maybe not so much Communism as it is a garden variety
This short book was a laugh riot. Especially with the way Dahl described the human characters.
Mr. Fox steals food nightly from one of the three disgusting and gluttonous farmers who have more then they need. The farmers get mad and set out to kill Mr. Fox. They have a hard time catching him, they destroy the earth trying to get him out of his hole, they waste many man-hours by making their workers surround the woods with weapons and ultimately Mr. Fox with the help of other underground animals find another way into the farms and go about their stealing in peace while the farmers sit endl...
The 2009 Wes Anderson film featuring the voice talents of Bill Murray and George Clooney is a favorite of mine and so I was compelled to visit the original work, the beloved children’s book by the inimitable Roald Dahl.First published in 1970, this short work describes the machinations of a chicken thief, Mr. Fox.Perhaps not as urbane as portrayed by Clooney and directed by Anderson, Dahl’s fox is nonetheless fantastic for his ability to outfox messers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean.Being well acquaint...
I am a huge Roald Dahl fan. I love foxes and I loved having a main character that is a fox. It is such a snappy and witty book. This is a great one and I think the movie was wonderful as well. Roald does well on screen. Of course the fox will win.
Boggis and Bunce and Bean One fat, one short, one lean. These horrible crooks So different in looks Were none the less equally mean.’
This morning two new Roald Dahl books arrived and this one was an instant must-read. From a young age on I always adored stories about forest animals (which is why it's even more incomprehensible and outrageous that I have missed out on such a classic until now)!The book is very thin but the story inside is full of wit, fun and excitement!Roald Dahl tells the story of Mr. Fox, his wife and children and their tranquil life. However, there are 3 farmers with very bad intentions and since Mr. Fox i...
Roald Dahl at his best - an oft overlooked story (at least until the film adaptation) this is lots of fun. A great story by Dahl with the usual wonderful accompanying illustrations by Quentin Blake.Not to be missed.
Updated Thoughts:Returning to one of my childhood favourites for the second year running, as an adult. Little did I know that I was craving a comfort read in 2019 but would need a horde of them, by 2020!I spent a pleasant evening immersed in adorable graphic novels and found myself unwilling to return to any of my other current reads, but still in the mood to devour something else heart-warming in nature. Enter: Children's fiction. My eternal saviour for every sort of bad mood and slight reading...
Fantastic Fox Mr.Fox is like any other fox except he has class. He is fancy but he does need to get out to feed his family. He has 4 hungry children so what does he need?? Food of course !! So our fantastic fox goes and takes a chicken or two. These greedy farmers can spare some but instead they hunt the fox and now he is trapped underground forever. Give this read a try and find out how it all ends. I read this to my son over the course of 3 nights and it was a lovely story. I’m still thinking