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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...

How to Scare a Pegasus


Scaring away a Pegasus

Can be very hard to do

When you are banned from shooting it

With an arrow or two.


It's frustrating for farmers

To deal with large winged beasts

Who eat their hard work

Of cabbages and beets.


It's sad for farmers

To watch their families grow thin

While Pegasus grow fatter 

To everyone's chagrin.


But no need to cry,

And no need to fear,

One solution to your woes

Is finally here.


I will tell you a way

To bypass the law

Of never shooting a Pegasus

Large or small.


The first thing to do,

Is go to the Whispering Wood,

At its center is a tall blue tree,

Known as a Blue Beechwood.


On this tree are fruits,

Red and gold in hue,

Pluck a few of each kind

When they have fresh morning dew.


Take the fruit home to squeeze

Into a few cups of water.

Sprinkle the mixture on your crops;

Send the Pegasi for silent slaughter.


Give it a few weeks,

Perhaps even a day,

And you'll find the pesky Pegasi

Have mysteriously gone away.


If anyone asks why the Pegasus

Have left your crops alone,

Say "They must’ve found paradise,

And now have a new eternal home."

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