false<![CDATA[Fantastic Mr. Fox (Puffin Novels)]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178228089m/773689.jpg669370In the tradition of <I>The Adventures of Peter Rabbit</I>, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this case are a vaguely criminal team of three stooges: "Boggis and Bunce and Bean / One fat, one short, one lean. / These horrible crooks / So different in looks / Were nonetheless equally mean." Whatever their prowess as poultry farmers, within these pages their sole objective is the extermination of our hero--the noble, the clever, the Fantastic Mr. Fox. Our loyalties are defined from the start; after all, how could you cheer for a man named Bunce who eats his doughnuts stuffed with mashed goose livers? As one might expect, the farmers in this story come out smelling like ... well, what farmers occasionally do smell like.
This early Roald Dahl adventure is great for reading aloud to three- to seven-year-olds, who will be delighted to hear that Mr. Fox keeps his family one step ahead of the obsessed farmers. When they try to dig him out, he digs faster; when they lay siege to his den, he tunnels to where the farmers least expect him--their own larders! In the end, Mr. Fox not only survives, but also helps the whole community of burrowing creatures live happily ever after. With his usual flourish, Dahl evokes a magical animal world that, as children, we always knew existed, had we only known where or how to look for it. <I>(Great read aloud for any age; written at a 9- to 12-year-old reading level)</I>44775book1970Fantastic Mr. Foxtotal:5441|5:1742|4:1808|3:1546|2:317|1:28|544121242643931922falsefalseThu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri Mar 20 13:54:03 -0700 2009Sun Apr 12 17:20:49 -0700 20091 Also, must we talk of Mr. Fox tearing off the heads of chickens? I don't understand children's literature tha...more...]]>
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Stop Smiling review of Wes Anderson's film adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox...
Fantastic Mr. Fox Directed by Wes Anderson
20th Century Fox
Reviewed by Sarah Silver
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20falsefalseSun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009Sun Nov 22 20:46:46 -0800 2009Mon Nov 23 19:24:35 -0800 2009 Mr. Fox and his family have quite a set up, they live next to three repulsive farmers, Farmer Boggis, Farmer Bunce and Farmer Bean. They respectively raise chickens, ducks and geese and tur...more...]]>
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Boggis and Bunce and Bean
One fat, one short, one lean.
These horrible crooks
So different in looks
Were nonetheless equally mean.
Mr. Fox goes out every evening...more...]]>
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50falsefalseTue Sep 01 13:06:13 -0700 2009Tue Sep 01 13:06:36 -0700 2009 The meanees in this story are the three B Farmers Boggs, Bunce and Bean. Boogs the chicken farmer is enormously fat; Bunce the duck and ...more...]]>
50falsefalseThu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009Thu Nov 05 12:04:52 -0800 2009Thu Nov 05 12:11:53 -0800 2009 the story is quite simple it is one of survival, its a story of doing whatever it tak...more...]]>
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Questionable. The hero is Mr. Fox who robs the farmers, Boggis and Bunce and Bean, One fat, one short, one lean. These horrible crooks So different in looks Were nonetheless equally mean.
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The fable element, the fact that Dahl didn't shy away from something as graphic as a shooting and a bleeding tail stump, the foul humans and the beautiful insult to good manners that is Rat all make a lov...more...]]>
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