Breakfast Toast

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...

I decided to try something new today for breakfast. I made toast, but instead of putting butter or jam on it, I put a fried egg on it, a little bit of chopped tomato, and some lettuce and kale. The toast with fried egg tasted pretty good, though I wondered if I could’ve added something else to it. I’m glad I tried it out. I also had it with some oatmeal and fruit.

I’ve been working on a couple of other stories lately. I’ve also been reading and listening to other books, like The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon, The Valley of Fear by Conan Doyle, and a couple of A to Z Mysteries books by Ron Roy. I enjoy mystery stories and I love Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock books are by far the best mystery books I’ve ever read. The mysteries are unique and I like Watson and Holmes’ friendship. Holmes has a knack for noticing clues that Watson or other detectives overlook, which is one of the reasons he’s such an interesting character. I may write my thoughts on the Valley of Fear in another post once I finish reading it.

Here is a video of me making the toast and fried eggs, along with some photos.