This week I read the children’s book Fox by Margret Wild and Ron Brooks. Fox has won numerous awards and been
translated into many different languages. I remember reading these types of
books in Primary School and always being excited by book week as we read more
picture books than normal around these special events. This particular story is
about a dog and a magpie and their friendship until a fox comes along and tries
to steal the magpie from the dog. The morals of this story are about
friendship, loyalty, risk and betrayal. I think this book would be a great
teacher resource in both primary and secondary classrooms as it would teach
students about the morals mentioned earlier and would be a great starting point
for further investigation into morals and the use of morals through story
telling. This story is also follows standard narrative structure and is small
enough for students of any age to dissect the structure to analyse. This book
has a great story line which is accompanied by fantastic illustrations to help
convey the story to the reader. Fox
could also be linked to other subject areas using the relationships between the
animals as a starting point for art, drama, poetry and music.
Catherine
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