The Fox and The Crow

 




Cover of The Fox and the Crow, a Canadian clay-illustrated picture book showing a plump black crow holding cheese in its beak as a red fox watches below.

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The Fox and the Crow has been one of my favourite stories to bring to life and we had fun making some of the parts of the images from oven-baked clay at home, including the logo!

See our post Introducing the Monarch Tales to see that process.

Of course, I'm also using Krita to help make the illustrations for these books just as I did for my Bye-Bye, Boobies book and I shared in this post. 

We all know the tale, the fox wants the cheese but how can you get it from the crow high up in the maple tree? Inspired by Aesop’s classic fable, it’s my Canadian retelling and part of the Monarch Tales collection.

The hardcover edition has been out a couple of weeks and has been joined by a new more affordable softcover version, perfect for families and classrooms. Teachers and homeschool parents can also find a free Educational Guide for this title, filled with discussion prompts, a seek-and-find activity..

It’s been wonderful to see The Fox and the Crow out in the world, and there’s more to come in this series, The Camel’s Nose is next on my desk, and it’s been making everyone here laugh at how Canadian the traveler is.

Plus we have Ende working away on an adaptation of this book into French.

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