The use of water color offers an accessible and seldom-seen approach to graphic novel art. Fortunately, Fox has a change of heart when the chicks call him 'mommy.' Unfortunately, his change of heart pits both Wolf and the farmyard chickens against him.īenjamin Renner's illustrations are rich with humor, detail, and emotion. Then, Wolf, who is tired of eating rodents, and Fox will have a feast. After several comical blunders, a local wolf helps Fox hatch a plan to steal three eggs and raise them to be plump juicy chickens. Despite his best efforts, Fox is anything but 'big and bad.' His attempts to capture a farmyard chicken are always thwarted, and he is reduced to eating turnips. I’m not sure there will be a second book, but if there ever is, I will jump on it, because I can’t imagine not wanting to read more about this strange, but sweet, family.In Benjamin Renner's The Big Bad Fox, the fox aspires to be a 'big and bad' predator. For someone who never expected to have to take care of three little beings, he is doing not that bad of a job, surprisingly. And the chicks mimicking a fox was priceless. Seeing the fox act like a mommy warmed my heart. He does more than anyone and protects them at all costs. Actually, he pretends he doesn’t care about them, but he does. Of course, not one of the three chicks believes the Big Bad Fox is big nor bad for that manner. One day he manages to steal three eggs with the help of the wolf, though the moment the three chicks hatch, he becomes their mommy. He even takes advice from his friend, the Big Bad Wolf, but nothing works. He tries hard to be terrifying in the eyes of others, unsuccessfully. You see, he thinks he’s scary, but no one-not the pig, dog or hen-is afraid of him. Unfortunately, this plan falls apart when three adorable chicks hatch and call the fox Mommy. If the fox steals some eggs, he could hatch the chicks himself and raise them to be a plump, juicy chicken dinner. It looks like the fox will have to spend the rest of his life eating turnips.īut then the wolf comes up with the perfect scheme. Even the wolf, the most fearsome beast of the forest, can’t teach him how to be a proper predator. When he picks a fight with one, he always ends up on the losing end. But no one is intimidated by him, least of all the hens. The fox dreams of being the terror of the barnyard. Genres & Themes: Children’s, Graphic Novel, Animals, Humor, Family

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