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The Tale of Tricky Fox: A New England Trickster Tale
32 pp.
| Scholastic |
March, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-439-09543-3$$15.95
(1)
K-3
Illustrated by
Barbara McClintock.
After bragging that he can steal a pig, Tricky Fox, feigning age and fatigue three times, gains entry to nearby cottages. He upgrades the contents of his sack by fooling the humans within, until a kindly teacher, the fox's third intended victim, overhears the fox singing his sassy song. Using a teacher's greater smarts, she puts her bulldog, instead of the supposed pig, into the sack. McClintock's lively line gets the spirited tale's mischief just right.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2001