Fox Books

Love this book, found the same edition to read to my children, I hope they will read it to there children one day.

I have lived in Weston for over 20 years, spent my summers here, and my Grandparents moved here in 1937. Pam's book is a must have for any coffee table, especially a Weston Massachusetts one! The town's history is thoroughly investigated and recorded, the index is easy to use and shows all the connections between families over time, and the historic pictures are wonderful. If there were a history course in the Weston public schools, this would be THE text book! Whenever I have a question about who was who and where in Weston, Pam's book is the authority and the best resource!

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Don't count your chickens until you've got them in your sack Fast Fox.

Fox counts to six, but there's more. He's going to need a bigger sack.

There are 10 little chicks sitting around the table loaded up with tasty party treats. Mother Hen is in the kitchen icing the cake. Good old Slow Dog is helping with the party games.

Let's play hide and seek, then its blind man's bluff. Now it's time for big bouncy castle.

Fox sees a perfect way to catch the chickens. One by one, they bounce into his sack as they tumble off the castle. The tenth little chicken was too scared to go bouncing. Slow Dog showed her how.

Slow dog bounces right on top of Fast Fox and all the chickens escapes.

We think the story is over. The party is definitely over and Fast Fox has gone home to his house.

But ! There is the Fox counting chickens again. He's up to 99.

Ah! It's in his dreams.

Young children will love the "Fast Fox, Slow Dog" books. There's is quite a set of stories in this series now.

The stories are fun. There is nothing too scary here, despite the Fox's sharp teeth and his insatiable appetite for chickens. Good old Slow Dog always comes to the rescue.

The drawings are bright and cheerful with clever layouts of text and pictures. Allan Ahlberg's kid's books have a broad appeal. Look for more of his books. You'll love them and so will the young ones.

This is a great book - the pictures are full of details and the text is just charming. It keeps my three year old enchanted when we read it together. I highly recommend all the Little Red Train books (although they're a little hard to come by...but well worth the effort of tracking them down!).

Clyde and Wendy Watson have done it again! This time they have taken jingles from Father Fox's Pennyrhymes and Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say it again and set them to music for pianos and guitars. Clyde was a musician for a while, so that's one reason why she set her poetry to music. These songs like the poems go well with the beautiful illustrations by Wendy. Father Fox's Pennyrhymes and Catch Me and Kiss Me and Say it again were my son Robert's favorite books to buy for people who were having babies. We are shocked that both those books, umlike the songbook, are out of print. We hope that the publishing company will start making and selling them again!

This book is illustrated by my daughter - She is an aspiring artist who is hoping to make enough money on her first attempt to buy a new art set and make more books. Her style is quite unique, reminisent of Japanese anime but still a style all her own. Hope you enjoy - she would love to have your feedback

Great for age 5 - 6 years old and up. Every school should have a talk about firefighters and what they do and the dangers involved. This is a great beginner book that tells about where they work, how they fight fires and how they rescue people. The text is easy to read and it also is internet linked so that they can find out more about firefighters. Children love hearing about what people do.

Enid Blyton had such a vast range of age groups addicted to her latest releases, but there is no way I would put this book in the pre school catergory. She wrote a lot of famous five stories, my mom read them all when she was a kid and she started to get them for me when I was 6. We have to get them from England because they are hard to get hold of here. This book is great for 6-9 year olds, all her famous five stories are exciting but not scarey.

The fourth volume of The Flash Archives delivers more examples of wonderous Silver Age classics. Once again we are treated to the graceful realistic-looking art of Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella and exciting stories by John Broome (with one issue scripted by Gardner Fox featuring the Golden Age Flash).

Issue #125 teams The Flash and Kid Flash in "The Conquerors of Time." In order to save the Earth's ability to generate atomic power to protect itself from alien invaders, the scarlet speedsters must travel to the past and future. This issue introduces the cosmic treadmill, which enables Flash to travel through time in an exact manner. Kid Flash travels back to 100,842,246 B.C., while Flash finds himself in 2287 A.D. This full-length story successfully blends action and science fiction and packs more plot and characterization in 25 pages than many of today's five-issue story lines.

Issue # 126 brings back one of The Flash's oldest foes, Mirror Master, in a tale in which his foe travels to and becomes a hero in the Mirror World. The other story, "Snare of the Headline Huntress," is a human interest story that introduces Barry "Flash" Allen's parents and his childhood sweetheart, Daphne Dean, who is now a Hollywood star. She pretends to be in love with Barry to garner headlines and ends up falling for him.

Issue #127 has yet another battle between Flash and Gorilla Grodd and a Kid Flash story that touches on racial prejudice.

Issue #128 introdcues Abra Kadabra, a magican from 6363 A.D. who goes back in time to use his era's advanced science to perform "magic tricks" and taunt The Flash. The second story explains why The Flash decided to wear a mask and keep his identity a secret.

Issue # 129, written by Gardner Fox, features the second team-up between the Silver Age Flash and the Golden Age Flash. The speedsters have to save both Earths and battle Captain Cold and The Trickster, all in 25 pages. This classic comic re-introduces the Justice Society of America, which Fox would soon team up with the Justice League of America.

Issue # 130 contains one of my favorite Flash yarns, "Who Doomed The Flash?" Flash barely escapes a death trap set by one of his foes by turning a temporary filling into a life-saving projectile. The second story pairs Kid Flash and The Elongated Man against The Weather Wizard.

Issue #131 features a full-length tale containing the second team-up of The Flash and Green Lantern in "Captives of the Csmic Ray!" Once again, the pair save the Earth from alien invaders.

Issue #132 has two stories not quite up to the standards of the others. "The Heaviest Man Alive!" pits The Flash against a TV producer from another dimension who creates disasters on Earth to generate high viewer ratings on his program featuring spectacles of Earth. "The Farewell Appearance of Daphne Dean" brings back The Flash's childhood sweetheart, who this time is after The Flash's affections.

In reading these stories, one gets the impression that all of The Flash's villians (with the exception of Grodd) enjoy sparring with The Flash. Although they try to humiliate and even kill him, you get the impression that they really don't want The Flash to die beause they would miss matching witts with him. These are stories you can read to a child without having to explain constant violence and killings. They don't write them like this any more. And that's a shame.

Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Eye is an intriguing mystery for children. It captures simple themes of mystery while captivating and entertaining the children in playful characters and dialogue. Being a high school student, I still enjoy reading this book, but obviously do not find as much pleasure in it as a child would. However, this book was my favorite as a child and I read it over and over again. Purchase this book. It is fascinating. (Also, can be used to help your child to read!)