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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...

The Snow Queen's Keeping Room

The Snow Queen looked at her keeping room. Beneath her, on the fireplace ledge, was her servant, a stone rabbit holding a sign she couldn’t read because it was facing away from her. Before her were silver couches with ice blue pillows and a crystal chandelier. Sometimes, people acting like they owned the place sat in her couches. How dare they?! She would glare at them with her dark eyes to make them stop. No one heeded her. No matter. She would stare until they finally did as they were ordered and helped her out of the ridiculous picture frame.

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