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PICTURE BOOKS

Thompson, Jolene

Faraway Fox

32 pp. | Houghton | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-70711-5 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Justin K. Thompson. A lone fox observes its environs--once a forest, now suburbia. The first-person narrative is straightforward, with twinges of nostalgia; the angular illustrations feature retro-looking architectural details. Then the tone shifts: the fox sees construction workers--but what they're building is a wildlife preserve and "highway wildlife underpass," a safe pass-through for the animals. An author's note tells more about these types of structures.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2016