![]() ) Some scenes become particularly creepy if you imagine the story was about people and not ‘just’ foxes, such as Mr. As the title of this post alludes, a Beatrix Potter who pursues taxidermy becomes a horrendous figure when seen through the eyes of a captured kit… (The story in which she features contains what I found to be the most morbid scenes in the book – the gutting of a rabbit Mia had been conversing with. Each ‘monster’ frightens in its own distinct way. ![]() But the progression of Mia and Uly’s journeys keeps them more interesting than that. If I described each story individually, they might sound like monster-of-the-week. The stories offer some properly frightening, chills inducing scenes. As an autumn read, the book delighted me. ![]() I read Scary Stories for Young Foxes over two days in late October. ![]() Featuring eight interconnected stories and sixteen illustrations. In order to find a den to call home, they must venture through field and forest, facing unspeakable things that dwell in the darkness: a zombie who hungers for their flesh, a witch who tries to steal their skins, a ghost who hunts them through the snow. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. ![]()
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