Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas (Fletcher the Fox)

by Julia Rawlinson (Author) Tiphanie Beeke (Illustrator)

Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas (Fletcher the Fox)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
It's Christmas Eve, and the rabbits have moved to a new burrow. Fletcher is excited about celebrating the holiday with them, until he realizes . . . Santa Claus won't know where to deliver their presents! But after a cozy night of caroling and blackberry pie, Fletcher wakes to a snowy Christmas morning full of wonderful surprises. Get into the spirit of the season with Fletcher and friends! -- The Horn Book
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ALA/Booklist

In this third seasonal tale about Fletcher the little fox, he and his menagerie of forest pals worry that Santa will have trouble finding the rabbits’ new burrow. They painstakingly create a path of sticks to point the way, but it’s covered by an evening snowfall. Even so, Santa comes through, and the friends share a warm celebration. Once again, Rawlinson’s atmospheric, creative language and Beeke’s textured, childlike artwork are richly satisfying, and they evoke the sensory pleasures of the winter woods as well as the comforts of friendship and a close community. A good choice for those seeking Christmas titles without biblical references. — Gillian Engberg

Copyright 2012 Booklist, LLC Used with permission.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2—Julia Rawlinson's the young fox, Fletcher, is back in a third tale (Greenwillow, 2010) that revolves around the seasons. Now it is winter—Christmas, in fact. The rabbit family has moved and Fletcher worries that Santa Claus won't know their new address. He and other woodland creatures make arrow signs with sticks pointing to the rabbits' home. However, a snowfall obscures them. Is all lost? Of course not! Tiphanie Beeke's soft-edged pastel illustrations have been fancied up a bit with limited animation that goes nicely with Katherine Kellgren's gentle and expressive reading of the story. She creates unique voices for each character, and original lilting background music enhances the narration. Read-along captions are optional. There's also a nice segment, longer than the book itself, featuring two animators who demonstrate how the book was animated. They walk viewers through storyboards and PhotoShop in a way that is sure to fascinate young artists and/or computer enthusiasts and expands the possible uses of the program. A sweet holiday treat.— Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary, Federal Way, WA

Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Review quotes

"Transporting."—The Horn Book
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780063039308
Lexile Measure
650
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Publication date
October 13, 2020
Series
Fletcher the Fox
BISAC categories
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
JUV017010 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Forest animals
Christmas stories
Foxes
Christmas
Santa Claus

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