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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
There's a Fantastic Mr. Fox movie coming out in November, directed by Wes Anderson (!) with Clooney as the voice of you-know-who. Needless to say, that book was a strong inspiration to the young Atticus Grinch and inspired me to be the rakish, debonaire figure you now all know and love. Keep in mind that others of his species were depicted with less depth and sympathy. TFMF was the antidote to Br'er Fox and Mr. Tod and pretty much every other vulpine this side of Disney's Robin Hood.
I recommend every one of Dahl's chapter books for reading aloud, although a sensitive child might react to the peril of the Vermicious Knids (Great Glass Elevator) or the Cloud-Men (Peach) or what-have-you.
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I love all the Dahl kid-oriented books -- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, James and the Giant Peach, Danny the Champion of the World..... I'm just worried that maybe they'll be too hard for a kid not yet in pre-K.
OTOH -- maybe I should just have at it and see. I could read them to her and her big bro together, perhaps.
