The Quick Brown Fox Cub: Red Banana (Banana Books) - Softcover

A sweet chapter book about an adventurous fox cub by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, for Egmont’s Red Banana series.

Frisk the fox cub loves exploring! When he and his family move house, he finds lots of exciting things to discover in town. Then he follows Jenny to school one day, and what he learns there comes in very useful.

Red bananas are chapter books for newly fluent readers, suitable for NC Level 3 readers. They are carefully designed with education in mind, supporting children’s understanding of how to read longer books. Red bananas introduce similes and wordplay to encourage an understanding of more literary concepts.

Julia Donaldson is the bestselling, award-winning, former children's laureate. She is best-known for 'The Gruffalo' which has been adapted on stage. For Egmont, she has written 'Follow the Swallow', 'Night Monkey Day Monkey', 'Spinderella', 'Swallows and Spiders', 'The Giants and the Joneses' and 'Running on the Cracks'. Lucy Richards has always loved art and after winning an award from Hallmark for her final university show, it didn't take long for her to establish herself as a much-loved illustrator within children's publishing. 'The Magic Sky' was the first picture book she wrote herself. As well as 'Night Monkey Day Monkey', she has also illustrated two Banana books - 'Mairi's Mermaid' by Michael Morpurgo (best-selling author of 'War Horse') and 'The Quick Brown Fox Cub' by Julia Donaldson (best-selling author of 'The Grufallo'). She lives in Bristol.