内容简介
I can see a nose and two eyes in the bushes!" cries Hattie.
But nobody is listening.
"I can see a nose, two eyes, two ears, two legs, and a body in the bushes!" cries Hattie.
But no one is paying a bit of attention.
Not goose. Not pig. Not horse. Not cow.
She tries again and again to warn her friends of danger, but nobody listens to Hattie.
That is, until they all realize that what Hattie is saying is true!
作者简介
Mem Foxwent to the International Reading Association Conference in Hong Kong in 1984. After a lively session that analyzed material that made reading easy for little children, even pre-schoolers, she awoke with a "head full of ideas" and wroteHattie and the Fox.
Mem Fox is well known in Australia, where she and her family live, for her children's books includingWilfred Gordon McDonald PartridgeandPossum Magic.
媒体评论
From Publishers Weekly
Hattie the Hen lives on a farm with the goose, pig, sheep, horse and cow. One day she spots something suspicious in the bushes. She warns the other animals but they are apathetic. More and more of the thing reveals itself until Hattie realizes it's a fox. Her pronouncement turns apathy to frenzy; the cow's loud moo scares the fox away. The animals are so surprised that they remain silent. Readers hope that in the future, Hattie's words will be given more importance by the barnyard animals. Author Fox builds the suspense in this cumulative tale with precise pacing. Mullins uses tissue-paper collage and crayon to create an unusual effect, both fuzzy and comic. The animals whether watchful predator, the lethargic barnyard variety or an alert Hattieare wonderfully expressive and characterized.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
