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Heikkilä, Cecilia

The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole

44 pp. | Floris | August, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9781782509530 $19.99
(3) K-3 Translated by Lawson Polly . As autumn nights grow colder, Mole becomes a frequent, greedy guest at Fox’s house, where Fox tells stories of a raccoon who turns into a “scuffling monster.” Fox’s annoyance with Mole’s freeloading grows to anger, and soon, the tales of transformation become creepily real. This picture book’s smoothly translated text has a storyteller’s cadence and chapter breaks, which help to build suspense. Fox as a striking, slithering, sinister monster is the star of the atmospheric mixed-media illustrations.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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