Fox

 Author: Wild, Margaret, 1948-
Illustrator: Brooks, Ron, 1948- - ill.
Published: St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2000.
This Australian picture book is set in a bleak and stylized bush-land after a fire. The book is about a magpie who has a burnt wing and a dog who lost an eye because of the fire learn to get along with each other and form a deep friendship. Though a jealous fox looms attempting to separate to separate the pair and ruin their friendship, this book aims at tackling ethical issues about rights and wrongs.

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