Having our wishes come true is a wonderful thing, especially since our wishes are not granted that often. What many people don't realize is that making other people's wishes come true is pretty wonderful too.
In this incredibly charming picture book, we see how a little girl is able to do something for someone else, and how her act of kindness ends up enriching her life in a very special way.
The Fox Wish
In this incredibly charming picture book, we see how a little girl is able to do something for someone else, and how her act of kindness ends up enriching her life in a very special way.
The Fox Wish
Kimiko Aman
Illustrated by Komako Sakai
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Chronicle Books, 2017, 978-1-4521-5188-5
One day Roxie is having her snack at home when she
realizes that she left her jump rope in the park earlier that day. Roxie and
her little brother Lukie go back to the park to retrieve the jump rope only to
find that it is no longer hanging from the tree branch where Roxie left it.
They hear the
sound of children playing and go to investigate. Instead of finding Thomas and
Samantha, who they expect to find, they discover that the children’s voices
they heard belong to a group of little foxes who are playing jump rope.
It is soon clear
that the foxes are not very good at jumping rope. They keep tripping on their
tails and falling to the ground in a heap. Though the two watching children try
not to laugh (it would be impolite to do so), Lukie cannot help himself, and a
little laugh escapes from his lips. The children come out from behind the tree
where they were hiding and to Roxie’s surprise the foxes are not frightened of
them. In fact, one of them asks the little girl if she can teach them “how to
jump rope without tripping.”
What follows is
a delightful interaction between the fox children and human children, and out
of the blue Roxie has the opportunity to see “wishes come true.”
Sometimes the
best gifts aren’t the ones that we receive. Sometimes giving to others is so
rewarding and heart-filling that we feel rich and lucky. This delightful
picture book contains a story that will warm hearts and remind readers of how
wonderful it is to grant other people’s
wishes.
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