Fantastic Mr. Fox - Roald Dahl

genre Comedy, children's drama age range 5+ if read with adult 7+ if read independantly Mr Fox is hated by his nemesis Mr Bean and his two accomplices Mr Boggis and Mr Bunce. Mr Fox makes a fine living stealing turkeys, ducks and geese from the three mean men, but one day they decide they have just about had enough. Elements of the Robin Hood story, are apparent, with Mr Fox stealing from the rich to feed to poor, essentially. Roald Dahl uses very simple, yet inventive language. His descriptive style is rich and unique. By the same token it is not altogether too challenging for the reader. Dahl does make use of rhyming ...  Read the complete review

My 6 year old daughter loves reading and has become particularly disillusioned by the repetitive politically correct books being issued by her school. In a bid to encourage her to continue reading independently we went to our local Borders bookstore to look for something with a little more story content. As she had seen trailers for the movie, my daughter was immediately drawn to "Fantastic Mr Fox" by Roald Dahl so we ended up buying a copy. ~~~~~~~ The book ~~~~~~~ I would say that this book is perfect for independent young readers as it is quite thin, containing just 82 pages which are interspersed with several eye-catching ...  Read the complete review

Roald Dahl is the grand master of the children's story. First published in 1970, 'Fantastic Mr Fox' may not have the reknown of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', but it is a tale full of excitement and imagination. After almost forty years, it can still compete with the best of children's literature that is being published today. Before we even meet Mr Fox, Roald Dahl introduces us to three obnoxious farmers who go by the names of Boggis, Bunce and Bean. Dahl really goes to town with his characterization here. Farmer Boggis keeps chickens and is a prime specimen of obesity because he eats three whole chickens along with dumplings for breakfast, lunch and ...  Read the complete review

“Down in the valley there were three farms. The owners of these farms had done well. They were rich men. They were also nasty men. Their names were Farmer Boggis, Farmer Bunce and Farmer Bean.” Life is good for Mr Fox – living in a hole beneath a tree in the woods which overlooked the three vast farms of Boggis, Bunce and Bean; he lived there with Mrs Fox and their four fox children. Every day he would ask Mrs Fox what she wanted for dinner – be it a plump chicken or two from Boggis, a fat brace of ducks from Bunce or a huge turkey from Bean, and whatever Mrs Fox decided on would be taken by cover of night. Mr Fox was the most cunning of foxes and so thus far ...  Read the complete review

My son is just reching the end of his 'reception' year at school, and we have been flicking between reading to him and trying to get him to read to us. Recently, we were at my wife's parents' house, and we came across some old Roald Dahl books, one of which was Fantastic Mr Fox. The book is recommended for use with kids who are just starting to read on their own, and as we knew we could double it up as his bedtime reading book, we nabbed it, along with a couple of others, promising to return them as soon as they were done with. The tale itself is a very intriguing one. Fantastic Mr Fox is a cocky fox who, one night, decides to come out of his ...  Read the complete review