The Fox and the Stork

Usborne First Reading Level 1

by Mairi Mackinnon (Retold by), Aesop, Rocío Martínez (Illustrator)

When sly Fox invites hungry Stork to lunch but tricks her out of her portion, she devises a way to get the last laugh.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Animals, Fairy Tales

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Mairi Mackinnon has lived in England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain, and worked as a teacher, translator and tour manager before joining Usborne. Over the years she has written and edited Usborne books in sixteen languages, from Arabic to Welsh. She lives in a house full of teenagers, books and curious musical instruments.

Reviews

[Ahmed Ejaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.

[TJE · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great fable, nice to have as an individual book. Short sentences on each page make it a manageable read aloud for a toddler but moral of story was lost on 2.5 yr old. Will definitely read again and again throughout the years.

[🎲🎧❤️CHanCE💔🎼🎲 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fox plays a trick on stork and stork plays a trick on fox

[Hannah]

A good story on why you should be nice and thoughtful about your friends.

[Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basic. Boring.

[zhanghao · Rating 5 out of 5]

A friend who likes to play pranks is not a friend.

[Christy Hathcock · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this fable becuase it shows how people are sometimes not considerate of others needs, only their own. It is human nature to want to make people feel the way they made us feel especially if it was inconsiderate to us. It is important to be selfless and make others feel wanted and then we in return will feel the same way.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book in Georgian "მელა და წერო". A simple tale with a moral: don't trick your friends and they won't deceive you. The illustrations are delightful. my blog review

[K. Anna Kraft · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have arranged my takeaway thoughts into a haiku:

"Playing the bad host,
You chance friends repaying your
Hospitality."

Moral: One ought to keep it in mind that a true "friend" will dish as well as they take.

[Toni]

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