Review of
Fox, Beware!,
by Judy Waite ISBN 0763567469
Three out of five stars
No closure weakens it
This book is
about a fox that watches the encroachment of human development on its’ habitat.
First there are the surveyors, then the loggers/clearers, the diggers of
infrastructure and at the end there are 100 houses near where the fox lives. Children
can look out their windows and see the remaining forest area. At the end, after several instances of “Fox
Beware!”, the last caption has the fox sleeping peacefully with her pups.
This is of
course an artificial peace, for it will not be long and there will be more
development and the fox will have to move again. The real point of this book is
that the secluded spot of nature is forever altered to allow for human
habitation with all the consequences. While the book is visually pleasing and
the text is large enough to be read from some distance, the message is not a
happy one.
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