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Danny Fox
Danny Fox is the bravest and cleverest creature in the world! At least, that’s what he thinks – and his wife, Doxie, and his children, Lick, Chew and Swallow, agree with him. In this book, Danny needs all his bravery and his most cunning tricks to cope with the scrapes and adventures he gets into. His exploits make very entertaining reading!
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1966
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David Thomson
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David Thomson (1914 – 1988) was a writer and BBC radio producer. He was born in British colonial India to Scottish parents. As a child, he lived in Scotland, as well as in Derbyshire and London, where he attended University College School.
From 1943 to 1969 Thomson worked for the BBC as a writer and producer of radio documentaries. Many of these programs, which covered a range of topics in natural history of peoples and places also found a place in his written work, for example The People of the Sea (1954), on the lore and life of the grey seal in the coastal rural communities of Ireland and Scotland. In 1953-4 he was seconded to UNESCO to produce radio programs in France, Liberia and Turkey.
Among his most notable works are three moving memoirs: Woodbrook (1974), reflecting a ten-year period from 1932 when he visited Ireland regularly, tutoring Phoebe Kirkwood; In Camden Town (1983), describing his life and neighbors in London in the 1950s and 60's; and Nairn in Darkness and Light (1987), where he revisits his childhood years spent in his mother's home in Scotland.
David Thomson (1914 – 1988) was a writer and BBC radio producer. He was born in British colonial India to Scottish parents. As a child, he lived in Scotland, as well as in Derbyshire and London, where he attended University College School.
From 1943 to 1969 Thomson worked for the BBC as a writer and producer of radio documentaries. Many of these programs, which covered a range of topics in natural history of peoples and places also found a place in his written work, for example The People of the Sea (1954), on the lore and life of the grey seal in the coastal rural communities of Ireland and Scotland. In 1953-4 he was seconded to UNESCO to produce radio programs in France, Liberia and Turkey.
Among his most notable works are three moving memoirs: Woodbrook (1974), reflecting a ten-year period from 1932 when he visited Ireland regularly, tutoring Phoebe Kirkwood; In Camden Town (1983), describing his life and neighbors in London in the 1950s and 60's; and Nairn in Darkness and Light (1987), where he revisits his childhood years spent in his mother's home in Scotland.
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June 24, 2017
Just re-read this after picking it up at a charity shop, Danny Fox was one of my favourite characters when I was a child, he is still one of my favourite characters and the writing is beautiful. I bought this copy for my grandson, I hope he likes Danny as much as I do.
August 30, 2019
Lent by my sister. My nieces are really enjoying the series and I see the merits of it - trickery, folk tales and traditions. Not my favorite way of storytelling though!
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October 8, 2007
A thin volume with a great adventure. Great for young kids but also great for adults looking for light reading.
Danny Fox has three children/foxlets/whatchamacallit named Lick, Chew, and Swallow, and a wife. They ran out of food and Danny had to go to the city and loot some. Along the way he met a poor fisherman with a huge crush on a princess, a king and a queen, and the fisherman's dog (and also all of the city's dogs too apparently).
Only everybody in the world knows that Danny is going to come home with lotsa booty, the fisherman will become the princess's husband, etc... but it's the adventure that is most wonderful.
An easy story to read, but lots of fun.
Danny Fox has three children/foxlets/whatchamacallit named Lick, Chew, and Swallow, and a wife. They ran out of food and Danny had to go to the city and loot some. Along the way he met a poor fisherman with a huge crush on a princess, a king and a queen, and the fisherman's dog (and also all of the city's dogs too apparently).
Only everybody in the world knows that Danny is going to come home with lotsa booty, the fisherman will become the princess's husband, etc... but it's the adventure that is most wonderful.
An easy story to read, but lots of fun.
March 20, 2014
What a resourceful clever fox! The children loved hearing the amusing adventures of this cunning fellow. Lots of laugh-aloud moments.
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