£9.9
FREE Shipping

Fantastic Mr Fox

Fantastic Mr Fox

RRP: £99
Price: £9.9
£9.9 FREE Shipping

In stock

We accept the following payment methods

Description

The Foxes' four children are replaced by Ash, a small and insecure fox who seeks his father's approval and Mrs. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author. Fox, more than fifty changes were made, including removing the word black from the description of tractors ("The machines were both black"), removing references to characters' height and weight and changing Mr. Fox and his family, and all the other underground creatures that lived around the hill, begin to starve.

But it was as a children’s author that he found greatest fame and satisfaction, saying “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers…Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful. All kids my age should find this book funny and hilarious and not too difficult to read on their own. Whilst I didn’t think there was as much dark humour and wit as in some of Dahl’s other stories it is still a fun and entertaining read. Dahl wrote more than 60 short stories and they have appeared in numerous collections, some only being published in book form after his death.Mr Fox is a delightful character full of charm, trickery and cunning who clearly loves his family and friends and will do anything for them. greg's birthday is today, so i am floating this now to remind you that you still have time to shower him with presents! 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. Roald Dahl at his best - an oft overlooked story (at least until the film adaptation) this is lots of fun.

His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget! I've just finished reading this to my 5 year old son, I tried to read it to him before but only had a small, black and white illustrated, version which I've had for about 30 years.Children will be taught eventually in school that stealing is perfectly fine, but they will be taught it under the more civilized and devastating guise of capitalism, the rights of corporations over people and the other legalized theft that our society holds up as the makings of success. And the last I heard, the farmers three were still camped outside a fox hole waiting for Mr Fox to show himself – I wonder if they are still there.

Then they have a great big feast and whilst all that is happening the men are still sitting in front of their tents waiting stupidly for the fox.It is also a tale of Mr Fox’s cunning and trickery to outsmart the three farmers and still feed his family and all their woodland friends. Tired of being outsmarted by Mr Fox, the triumvirate devise a plan to ambush him as he leaves his burrow, but they succeed only in shooting off his tail. Cornered by their enemies, Mr Fox and his family, and all the other underground creatures that live around the hill, begin to starve. 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.



  • Fruugo ID: 258392218-563234582
  • EAN: 764486781913
  • Sold by: Fruugo

Delivery & Returns

Fruugo

Address: UK
All products: Visit Fruugo Shop