Fox Friend: (New Fourth edition)
Paperback
A girl tries 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.
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Imprint
Barrington Stoke
ISBN
978-1-78112-774-2
Interest age
9+
Reading age
7
Publication Date
05-11-2018
Format
Paperback
Pages
64 pages
Dimensions
130x198mm
Product Description
A girl tries 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.
Author
Michael Morpurgo, Illustrated by Joanna Carey, Cover design by Catherine Rayner
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.||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.
Imprint
Barrington Stoke
ISBN
978-1-78112-774-2
Reading age
7
Interest age
9+
Publication Date
05-11-2018
Format
Paperback
Pages
64 pages
Dimensions
130x198mm
Product Description
A girl tries 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.
Author
Michael Morpurgo, Illustrated by Joanna Carey, Cover design by Catherine Rayner
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.||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.
