2016 is Foxy
The other day The Trend Whisperer (a new nickname I’m trying out for A Fuse #8 Production) mentioned that 2016 is the year of bears on rampages and blobfish. I can’t disagree.
But a recent conversation with Benji of Tales of an Elementary School Librarian had me thinking there should be another trend on our collective radar: foxes.
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Why foxes? Two of the most talked about middle grade novels of 2016 not only feature foxes as characters, but go inside their little orange fur-covered heads.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
But the foxiness doesn’t end there. Here are exhibits C-P, all arriving before the end of the year:
Any I missed?
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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Foxheart by Claire Legrand is another one!
Couldn’t be happier. Foxes are awesome! I’ve already preordered 3 copies of You’re My Boo!
I’ll take that nickname, you betcha!
What about CRICKET SONG by Anne Hunter?
And, of course, this year’s smash hit film ZOOTOPIA features a lot of discussions of foxes as well.
I noticed that about foxes! Especially since, right after I finished Pax, I saw a couple foxes (first time ever) out my window.