Fox Explores the Night

by Martin Jenkins (Author) Richard Smythe (Illustrator)

Fox Explores the Night
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Young readers are invited to join a determined fox as she sets out to find her dinner in this simple, stylish introduction to light and dark. Fox is hungry. She waits until dark, then emerges from her den to hunt for food. Follow her as she pads through the city streets and learns about sunlight, moonlight, and electric light. Shadows grow along alleys and reflections bounce off store windows as Fox moves through patches of light and dark. Using simple, clear language and beautiful illustrations, this gentle story is the perfect introduction to light and dark for budding scientists.
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PreS-Gr 2--In this series entry, Fox wakes up hungry in her dark, cozy den, but it's too light to go outside safely. Eventually, daylight turns to dusk, and the people of the city have all gone. She leaves her den in search of food. By the time she sets off down a path, the sun is completely gone. The audience goes along on the adventure with Fox to find her food. Shadows and light come into play. She finds a mouse! Happily, for the cute mouse and even the audience perhaps, the rodent is too fast. Fox is shown sniffing through a discarded pizza box. She bumps into her reflection in a mirror in a store window. Eventually, after a few potentially dangerous missteps, she finds her dinner in a backyard cookout. She is lead home safely by the light of the moon. After this story exposing light and dark ends, readers are asked to find examples of different light sources in the book. There are plenty. Full-page, mixed media illustrations are gorgeous, enhancing the story completely. VERDICT A worthy informational consideration for preschool units on light sources, nighttime, and urban foxes.--Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI

Copyright 2018 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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On the surface, a simple story of a fox; with help from an older reader, an intriguing visual representation of a beginning science theme.
—Kirkus Reviews
Martin Jenkins
Martin Jenkins is a conservation biologist and the award-winning author of many books for children, including three previous books in the Find Out About series. He also wrote The Emperor's Egg, illustrated by Jane Chapman; A World of Plants, illustrated by James Brown; and Under Threat: An Album of Endangered Animals, illustrated by Tom Frost. Martin Jenkins lives in Cambridge, England.

Jane McGuinness is the author and illustrator of Prickly Hedgehogs!, her first picture book. She also illustrated the three previous Find Out About books by Martin Jenkins. Jane McGuinness lives in England.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780763698836
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
December 24, 2018
Series
Science Storybooks
BISAC categories
JNF013000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | General
JNF003100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Foxes
JNF051140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Physics
Library of Congress categories
Night
Foxes
Light and darkness

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