So the book is structured with a setup-introduction that leads into the seven stories, broken up by brief chapters (on black pages!) of the foxes' reactions to or commentary on to the stories, followed by a perfect ties-it-all-together conclusion that is equal parts chilling and heartwarming. in-between each story, we witness his audience dwindle as, one by one, the kits slink back to the safety of their den until only the littlest fox remains to hear the final tale. So, obviously, as soon as she falls asleep, the skulk of foxen set straight off for bog cavern, where they do indeed meet the storyteller, who proceeds to tell them not one but seven terrifying stories over the course of the night. 'If you go there, you'll hear a story so frightening it will put the white in your tail.' 'That's where the old storyteller lives,' their mom said. 'But you must promise that no matter what you do tonight, you will not go to Bog Cavern.' She paused and looked at the kits with all seriousness.

'Sorry to be a disappointment,' their mom said, lying down. In what may very well be a br'er rabbit anti-warning, she plants a seed in their little fox heads: It's a framed tale of seven fox kits who, one chilly autumn night, are hungry for scary stories-far scarier than the babyish ones their dear old fox mum knows. Scratch, a menacing human with nefarious intentions, and a bottom-dwelling pond lurker, the Golgathursh.This middle grade horror book is a hundred and a half times better and darker than anything i read during my own middle grade years. Furthermore, there's the terrifying fox Mr. It's chilling, that these stories really can occur and would likely be terrifying for young foxes.

Readers will start to recognize the signs of rabies. It reads like a zombie story, but it's rooted in nature. Except when they get to their usual learning spot, there is something seriously, creepily wrong with their teacher. The first story starts on a bright day and with a family of fox kits going to meet their teacher. This book is layered with all kinds of horrors. What kid doesn't like getting the stuffing scared out of them once in a while? If you have fond memories of reading Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (but also, generally, regretting your decision once it was time to turn out the lights), then you'll want to find an illustrated bone-chilling addition to your kid's bookshelf and Scary Stories For Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker is it! Be warned: this book is not for the faint of heart! There is a sense of dread that follows the two fox kits who for various (terrifying) reasons are alone in the forest, just hoping to survive.

Scary stories for little foxes