Another Trip to Sweetwater Creek Park

October 01, 2025

A Book Review of The Fox and the Star

I recently borrowed the book The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith . I borrowed the ebook version from my library on Libby. The Fox and the Star is a children’s book about a fox who tries to find his friend, a star, after it disappears one night. While I found the illustrations beautiful, and the writing decent, I was a little disappointed by the ending. After Fox journeys beyond his part of the forest in search of Star, he comes to a clearing and finds more stars in the sky. However, he doesn’t find his friend. Despite this, he is happy to see so many stars. Also, according to the book, “He knew that somewhere out there was a star that was his” (pg. 30). The book simply ends like this; “Beneath the blazing sky of stars, Fox made his way through the forest.” That was the end of the story. At this point, I was left wondering what happened to the star. Did it die? Did it simply go elsewhere? What happened to it? To me, the ending was abrupt. It’s possible the author want...

My family and I went to Sweetwater Creek today. Dad and my youngest brother, Eli, went to a lake there to fish while my sister, Elizabeth, my older brother, E.J., Mom, and I went to walk on one of the trails.

The trail, the woods, and the creeks were so beautiful that I felt the need to take as many good pictures of the place as I could. While my Elizabeth, E.J., and Mom were walking up ahead, I would usually be some ways behind because I was busy taking photos or videos, so I often had to run to catch up to them.

After my sister, brother, Mom, and I finished the trail, we went headed back to where Dad and Eli were. There, at the pond my brother was fishing at, I took pictures and videos of the ducks there. Being at Sweetwater Creek Park was a very enjoyable experience.