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German / Germany

Fuchs fährt Auto

(Fox drives a car)

Straßer, Susanne (text/illus.)
Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag, [2020]. – [26] p.
ISBN 978-3-7795-0630-0

Car  | Fox  | Animals  | Picture book  | Board book

Reading age: 2+

White Ravens issue: 2020

OPAC

Foxes are generally considered sly and wise creatures. In Susanne Straßer’s new board book, however, Fox is a little scatterbrained; he doesn’t seem to notice that more and more animals are joining him. The wild ride in his red car keeps Fox totally absorbed, over rough and smooth, up hill and down dale, and through puddles – “Splish, splash, splush, such great splashing!” – racing around bends in the forest. He has no clue whatsoever that Mouse, Mole, Bird, and others jump onto his bushy tail. Only when a child joins them and they all tumble to the ground, does the fox cotton on. Unfortunately, they can’t get going again, as they are far too heavy. So the kid simply hops onto a skateboard and starts pushing the whole party! Thanks to its onomatopoeic text, which lends itself to reading-aloud, and the principle of repetition and variation, “Fuchs fährt Auto” is a picture book that will surely delight little listeners. [IG]