A Fox in socks??????? (Fox in Socks - Dr Seuss)

Member Name: sewbizzie

Product:	Fox in Socks - Dr Seuss
Date:	23/09/08 (141 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very fun rhyming book

Disadvantages: None

The Fox in Socks is a very fun book written by the very popular Dr Seuss. As my eldest is getting into these books this is the next title I decided to buy for him as he has seen it in the school library and says that it is fun.

The cover of the book is white and has a red boarder. There is a picture of a red fox wearing blue socks and gloves and the title is on the left hand side in blue lettering. The back cover is green with a red boarder and there is a short passage telling us about the book.

The book begins by giving us 4 rhyming words, fox, socks, box and knox. Over the following 3 pages we have short rhyming sentences with these 4 words used in different ways. The story goes on to see chicks bringing bricks, blocks and clocks and the fox telling the knox that they should do tricks with these things. The fox makes stacks with the items and we see the knox in a box on top of the blocks. The story goes on and we are introduced to further characters and items which all follow the same rhyming pattern.

This is such a fun book but if you do not fully concentrate when reading it you might get easily tripped up with some of the rhyming words. I have to make sure the television is turned off when I sit down with my 4 year old to read it to him!

The story is told with nice simple words and the book has lots of nice big and bright colourful pictures on every page which makes it easy for younger children to follow what is happening. The book has nice big black lettering which is on plain white parts of the pages so it is easy to see and great for beginner readers to read independently.

The book takes a good 10 minutes to read properly and maybe longer if you sit and talk about what can be seen in the pictures, we enjoy doing this as some of them are very silly.

Dr Seuss has written this book and given it a green back which means it is ideal for new and learner readers. There are also a few different coloured back books available which are aimed at advanced and confident readers.

The retail price for this book is £4.99 but I picked up a new copy for £2.50 from eBay which is a bargain and they are also available to buy on Amazon with prices starting at 1p on the market place and prices from £3.99 and upwards brand new.

The book was published by Harper Collins Publishers Limited.

Other title available in the green back collection include:-

The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
Dr. Seuss's ABC
Green Eggs and Ham
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Lorax

And many many more.

I definitely recommend this book as it is very fun to read and the children will love it. It is also a nice book for new readers to read to you.

Summary: Another great installment from Dr Seuss aimed at new readers