Scary Stories for Young Foxes

"This was such a surprising, deliciously wonderful book. It’s really horror for children. The beauty of it is that what’s scary to a fox is not quite so scary for children. It starts off with seven foxes and if they make it to the end, they’ve received all the information and everything they need to survive in life. Support Five Books Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us by donating a small amount . It’s interesting that later on, after we had chosen all the books, we realized that every single one was about resilience, in some way. We were like, “Oh wow! That’s what’s happened there.” “It’s horror for children that isn’t so horrific that it will keep you up at night” The imagery and the writing are gorgeous. Christian McKay Heidicker really can forge a sentence like no one else. It’s about the language and how he put it all together. It’s horror for children that isn’t so horrific that it will keep you up at night. The horrors for foxes are things like rabies. Also, Beatrix Potter is a villain, which was very intriguing. We were surprised by this book, it was fun. Yes, they definitely do. Goosebumps is one of the major ones and then the old school Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark . That goes out like hotcakes year round, and not just during Halloween. I’ve been a librarian since 2011. Yes, I do. We’re seeing a lot more diversity in books and more hard-hitting subjects. There’s always been grief and World War II—lots of World War II—but now we’re dealing with different things because our world is changing. Also, the book are getting longer. I believe so. It comes up in all of these stories and there are also other stories about resilience for kids. It’s important. It maybe speaks to where we are as a nation, that it’s something kids really are going to need."