Fox Friend
4th Edition
Published on 5. November 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-78112-774-2 (ISBN)
Description
Clare must keep secrets from her own family in order to nurse an injured fox cub back to health in this heartrending story from former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.
Clare has lived her whole life on a farm, but she's never seen a fox - until she finds a tiny, injured cub who's lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself, but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin - pests that should be shot. Can she keep the cub safe?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.
Clare has lived her whole life on a farm, but she's never seen a fox - until she finds a tiny, injured cub who's lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself, but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin - pests that should be shot. Can she keep the cub safe?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.
Reviews / Votes
"A wonderfully touching and beautifully crafted story" - LoveReading4KidsMore details
Edition
New Fourth edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Reading Age: 7 years, Interest Age: From 9 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 130 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78112-774-2 (9781781127742)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Michael Morpurgo
Fox Friend
Book
08/2017
3rd Edition
Barrington Stoke Ltd
€28.67
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Persons
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.
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Catherine Rayner lives in Edinburgh with her husband and son, Shannon the horse, Ena the grey cat and a goldfish called Richard. Her first book, Augustus and His Smile, was inspired by creatures of a wilder kind - the tigers at Edinburgh Zoo. Catherine's second book, Harris Finds His Feet, won the Kate Greenaway Medal and she has been shortlisted a further four times for this prestigious prize.
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Catherine Rayner lives in Edinburgh with her husband and son, Shannon the horse, Ena the grey cat and a goldfish called Richard. Her first book, Augustus and His Smile, was inspired by creatures of a wilder kind - the tigers at Edinburgh Zoo. Catherine's second book, Harris Finds His Feet, won the Kate Greenaway Medal and she has been shortlisted a further four times for this prestigious prize.