{"id":36929,"date":"2020-02-05T23:57:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T03:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36929"},"modified":"2020-02-05T23:57:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T03:57:01","slug":"review-of-one-fox-a-counting-book-thriller-by-kate-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36929","title":{"rendered":"Review of One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller, by Kate Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/one_fox_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/one_fox_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/one_fox_large.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/one_fox_large-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><em>One Fox<\/p>\n<p>A Counting Book Thriller<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Kate Read<\/p>\n<p>Peachtree, 2019.  32 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<br \/>\nReview written December 9, 2019, from a library book<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Standouts2019.html\">2019 Sonderbooks Stand-out<\/a>: #4 in Picture Books<\/p>\n<p>I always enjoy counting books.  Nothing helps a kid learn numbers better.  But it\u2019s nice when the book adds a little something to make it more interesting than just the numbers.  This \u201cCounting Book Thriller\u201d actually tells an exciting story.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all simple \u2013 and will give little ones so much to talk about to tell the adult reader about all the subtext.  You can even think of this as a wordless picture book \u2013 with numbers, though there are a few words.  But the story is in the pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The first numbers are:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One famished fox<\/p>\n<p>Two sly eyes<\/p>\n<p>Three plump hens<\/p>\n<p>Four padding paws<\/p>\n<p>Five snug eggs<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, but the pictures!  There\u2019s nothing routine about them.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to save this book for a preschool storytime.  You want the kids to be interested in the counting and also be able to infer what the famished fox wants with those plump hens.<\/p>\n<p>There is a surprise ending, and a note at the book reassures us:  \u201cNo hens or foxes were harmed in the making of this book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kateread.co.uk\/\">kateread.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/peachtree-online.com\/\">peachtree-online.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1682631311\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/one_fox.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/one_fox.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Fox A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read Peachtree, 2019. 32 pages. Starred Review Review written December 9, 2019, from a library book 2019 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #4 in Picture Books I always enjoy counting books. Nothing helps a kid learn numbers better. But it\u2019s nice when the book adds a little something to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,27,15,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-characters","category-mathematical","category-picture-book-review","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36929"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37157,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36929\/revisions\/37157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}