Aaaah, Roald Dahl, and the wonderful Mr Fox with his cunning plan! Delightful book

King O'Malley's

Caught at the UnCANvention dinner at King O'Malley's Pub in Civic, ACT. Thank you.
And thank you also for the interesting talk and the puzzle book.

An amusing read. I enjoyed it. Despite this it was a little worrying that this is a book aimed at children and the subliminal message it conveys. Men find the food; they are the providers, women prepare it. Woman weaken easily. In reality it is the female fox that would hunt and feed her young, but in this story she stays at home and Mr Fox brings home the food. As it would be the female foxes that feed their young, it should have been 'Fantastic Mrs. Fox'.”
It is a children's book. They might not be able to sort truth from fiction, and attitudes such as in this story can contribute to how the world and the individual's place in the family is seen.
PS. Foxes eat rabbits; not invite them to share food at dinner.

Released at the 2013 Queenstown Bookcrossing Unconvention in New Zealand. Enjoy.


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Picked up from the book table at the Queenstown uncon.

The film version was on TV recently, so I was interested to read this to see how they compare (answer: they're quite different, though the film does capture the mood of the book well).

It's a fun wee story, typical of Dahl's children's books.

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I like Roald Dahls books

“Ein Buch ist nicht nur ein Freund, es schafft Dir neue Freunde. Wenn Du ein Buch in Gedanken und im Geist besessen hast, bist Du bereichert.

Aber wenn Du das Buch weitergegeben hast, bist Du dreifach bereichert.”
Henry Miller

It seems to be a nice book for children ;) I will read it and then it will travel one day to another place :)