Indeed he's fantastic

A cute story as Mr Fox tries to keep his family and friends from being captured by the farmers.

Nog een Roald Dahl voorgelezen aan mijn dochter Roos (en zo ook zelf ontdekt). Fantastic Mr Fox verscheen in 1970 en gaat over de vader van een familie vossen die erin slaagt om voedsel te stelen onder de ogen van zijn aartsvijanden: de boeren Bolus, Bits en Biet. Zij proberen de vossenfamilie met de grote middelen uit te roeien.

De fantastische Meneer Vos is een heerlijk verhaal vol fantasie en met een weinig glorieuze rol voor de agrarische sector. Eerder lazen we ook al Matilda, Sjakie en de chocoladefabriek, Joris en de geheimzinnige toverdrank, De Griezels, De reuzenperzik, De giraffe, de peli en ik, De GVR en Daantje, de wereldkampioen. (En nu zijn de Roald Dahls tijdelijk op. Heksen vindt Roos te griezelig.)

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Miss you like hell!
چون من رو یاد شخصی انداخت که دلتنگشم.

A clever and entertaining tale about a fox who outwits some farmers.

The chapters are short so would make for a good chapter book for the littles! And the illustrations are darling to boot!

Ages: 3 - 10

Cleanliness: the words "dang," "blast," "stupid," "what the heck," and "my goodness" are used. "Good Lord" and "poppycock" are said once. “Bunce was cursing the fox with dirty words that cannot be printed.” Mentions cider and a man drinking from a flask. There is a scene where the animals are excited for the cider and speaking of its "merits." A rat is drunk. Mentions stealing food so they can survive.

Mr. Fox lives with his wife and four small foxes in a hole under a huge tree. He steals chickens, goose and turkey from the three farmers in the vicinity. The three farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean know about Mr. Fox and decide to hunt him down and kill him. But Mr. Fox sniffs them hiding and dashes from there losing his tail in the process. He and his family dig and dig and dig and they find their way to the farmers' storerooms and steal food from there. They also meet other animals such as moles, badgers and rabbits living underneath and at the end decide to live together and steal food from the farmers.

It is a classic children's book by the much loved Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl's books for me are a bit of a hit or a miss for me. Unfortunately this one is a miss. I like the writing and the illustrations but the story was really bad. I was not able to enjoy this neither as a child nor as an adult.

2 stars

One of the best, and most delightful stories by Roald Dahl. Makes a delightful read aloud. But as my kids and I (and my husband) are also huge fans of the Wes Anderson movie, we do have to keep stopping to point out differences (and similarities!) between the text and the film.

“I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

This short story reminded me of the The Three little pigs. The three little pigs here in the story are the farmers except that they are dumber, clumsier and stinkier. haha!

چهارمین یا پنجمین رمان از رولد دال که برای بچه‌ها می‌خونم. اگه بچه دارید با خیال راحت براش رولد دال بخونید، می‌تونید مطمئن باشید که کیف می‌کنه.

وس آندرسون هم بر اساسش یه کارتون ساخته که اونم به نوبۀ خودش عالیه.

[3.5 Stars]
My Video Review:

https://youtu.be/cvqL-YGfCxk

I was completely unfamiliar with this middle grades chapter book by Mr. Dahl.

My 11-year-old discovered it at her school's book fair, and when I peeked inside and saw the publication date of 1970, I did a happy dance.

Kismet! I read it to my daughter in a couple of nights and added it to my “70 from the 70s” reading project.

Given that it's a book by Mr. Dahl, it was (a) borderline insane (b) greatly enjoyed by my preteen and (c) filled with subtle little sexual tidbits that luckily flew right over the head of my daughter, but landed squarely in my third eye.

Mother and daughter agreed, easily, on four stars. Daughter thinks it's hilarious and asked me to order another 70s Roald Dahl book (I did). Mom thinks Mrs. Fox was really sexy and she wonders about the inspiration for that character.

Loved it, mostly because of the nostalgia but even with that it was still a really fun read.