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Fox Explores the Night: A First Science Storybook

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Fox Explores the Night: A First Science Storybook

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Young readers are invited to join a determined fox as she sets out to find her dinner in this simple, stylish introduction to light and dark.

Fox is hungry. She waits until dark, then emerges from her den to hunt for food. Follow her as she pads through the city streets and learns about sunlight, moonlight, and electric light. Shadows grow along alleys and reflections bounce off store windows as Fox moves through patches of light and dark. Using simple, clear language and beautiful illustrations, this gentle story is the perfect introduction to light and dark for budding scientists.

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ISBN-13:	9781536227765
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	10/18/2022
Series:	Science Storybooks Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	418,656
Product dimensions:	9.13(w) x 10.63(h) x 0.17(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Martin Jenkins has written many celebrated books for children, including the First Science Storybooks Bird Builds a Nest and The Squirrels’ Busy Year, both illustrated by Richard Jones. Martin Jenkins lives in England, where he works as a conservation biologist.

Richard Smythe is a landscape artist and the illustrator of several books for young readers. He lives in England.

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On the surface, a simple story of a fox; with help from an older reader, an intriguing visual representation of a beginning science theme.
—Kirkus Reviews

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12/01/2018
PreS-Gr 2—In this series entry, Fox wakes up hungry in her dark, cozy den, but it's too light to go outside safely. Eventually, daylight turns to dusk, and the people of the city have all gone. She leaves her den in search of food. By the time she sets off down a path, the sun is completely gone. The audience goes along on the adventure with Fox to find her food. Shadows and light come into play. She finds a mouse! Happily, for the cute mouse and even the audience perhaps, the rodent is too fast. Fox is shown sniffing through a discarded pizza box. She bumps into her reflection in a mirror in a store window. Eventually, after a few potentially dangerous missteps, she finds her dinner in a backyard cookout. She is lead home safely by the light of the moon. After this story exposing light and dark ends, readers are asked to find examples of different light sources in the book. There are plenty. Full-page, mixed media illustrations are gorgeous, enhancing the story completely. VERDICT A worthy informational consideration for preschool units on light sources, nighttime, and urban foxes.—Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI

School Library Journal

2018-09-17
Jenkins and Smythe follow a fox's search for food and introduce the concepts of light and dark to the very young.
As day turns to night, a fox comes out of her den. She is hungry. She steps cautiously down the path, looking for food. Jenkins acknowledges the fox's keen eyesight ("She has sharp eyes…") but in setting up the science-concept theme, mentions something that rings a bit untrue: "…but she still finds it hard to see when it is dark." Dim light is indeed needed for his exploration of the theme, but the simplicity of the sentence downplays a fox's nocturnal prowess. Regardless, moonlight, streetlights, car headlights, firelight, and flashlight beams all penetrate the night while the fox is on the hunt. Smythe's saturated mixed-media illustrations punctuate the dusky blackness with pockets of bright spots to reinforce the lesson. Frontmatter reminds adult readers of themes to discuss: "Moonlight is light from the sun that has bounced off the moon." Backmatter poses discussion questions: "Can you find examples of different light sources in the book?" A simple index, a trademark of the series, closes the book.
On the surface, a simple story of a fox; with help from an older reader, an intriguing visual representation of a beginning science theme. (Informational picture book. 3-6)

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