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Tim Ostermeyer’s Adventures of Rusty & Ginger Fox is the first book ever to directly inspire my children’s artwork! After reading about these adorable young foxes, Emma and Johnny drew these pictures:
Emma drew two foxes, a sheep, and a bunny. I’m not sure why she wrote Johnny’s name. The two foxes are from the book; they didn’t meet any sheep or bunnies, but I’m sure they would have liked to.
Johnny drew something. Your guess is as good as mine. But apparently it’s tied to the book.
I’m not surprised that this was the book to inspire them, because the photography is stunning. Beautiful images of the foxes and the animals they meet, cute dialogue between the foxes, and really interesting facts about each animal. At the end of the book the foxes meet two little girls and help them find some treasure. I found that part of the book odd – there’s nothing wrong with it; it’s just unexpected and didn’t resonate with me. I still enjoy the book for the photography, its inspiration of beautiful child-created artwork, and as an educational tool to help my kids learn more about several different animals!
Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists provided me with a copy of this book to review, and they are offering a second copy to a reader of this blog, anywhere in the world! To enter, leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite animal is, and why. Leave separate comments for extra entries if you follow this blog, subscribe via email, or like this blog on facebook. This giveaway will run through 9am US Eastern Time Friday, December 10th, when a winner will be chosen via random.org.
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Charlie’s favorite animal at the moment is a kitten, and Allie tends to favor Giraffes.
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Their pictures are so good! They are really into their drawing too.
My favorite animal is a gorilla. I actually like lots of animals, but gorillas fascinate me.
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I’m visiting from over at Tiny Talk. It is wonderful that your kids have a joy of learning and that you do a lot of crafts. Their artwork after reading the book is just precious. I didn’t even realize this was a giveaway until I got to the end of the post. So my favorite animal has been the black panther (black jaguar); something about how dark and mysterious they are, how powerful yet beautiful at the same time.
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I love that it inspired such wonderful drawings from your kids!
Unicorns are my favorite animal — they are fascinating, and it’s fun to imagine you have a pet unicorn in your backyard. Not that I’ve done that… or anything… I’m just…. umm… I’m just sayin’. ;-)
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That is so cool the book inspired your kids. I love llamas and alpacas. My girls like panda bears.
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At first I thought Johnny had done that first drawing, and I was really Wowed! But still, your kids at great at drawing. My favorite animal? Hmm, I probably would have said dog, until my son recently tested positive to dog allergy. Boo. Oh, I LOVE orangutans at the zoo. Especially the babies.
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I was typing out my comment to say that I was a follower and thought I better just double check that I have officially signed up. Can you believe I was not officially a follower?!? I am shocked. I am now your “newest follower” who has really been following and loving every minute of it, but under the radar.
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I love spotting beautiful butterflies. At the moment my cherubs are into lady beetles and get very excited to see them so lady beetles are a favourite too.
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My kids love books! Favorite animal…hmmm, I’m not really a pet person but I absolutely love zebra and giraffe. They are so interesting and beautiful!
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My 6-yr-old’s son favorite animal is a shark. My 3-yr-old daughter’s favorite is koala bear. Thanks for the chance for the great book!
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monkeys have always been my favorite animal! My son would love this book– he’s really into animal books right now.
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Great giveaway and sounds like a very nice book! Please feel free to link it to WMCIR. And my favorite animal is a koala bear, they look so cuddly.
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Sounds like a great book – love their drawings. My favorite animal is a peacock :)
I can’t remember what website had a security question that asked what my favourite animal was, and I had to laugh. I suppose by default it’s my cat! And I’m not quite sure why, except that he’s gentle with the children.
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Love their artwork.
And, my favorite animal is a horse. I just love to watch them move.
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We love monkeys at the moment :-)