The Fox on the Swing

A charming, quirky story about friendship, dreams and happiness. For ages 5+

Overview

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Paul.
Wait, that’s not quite right.
This story begins in a different way...

Paul was just an ordinary boy living in a big city, until the day that he met a fox on a swing. And when a fox comes into your life, anything can happen! The Fox on the Swing is a delightful story about best friends, big dreams and what happiness really means.

Selected as ‘The Most Beautiful Book of the Year’ by the Lithuania Section of IBBY 2016.

Reviews

'A sensitive story about an unexpected friendship'
Picture Books Blogger

'A lovely introduction to the important concepts of gratitude and mindfulness'
Get Kids into Books

'I love this book — it is nuanced and clever about emotion in a way that transcends what one might expect of a children’s book. The illustrations are quirky and fun and fresh'
Two in a Tepee

Piret Raud is Estonia’s leading children’s book creator, and has been nominated for both the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, two of the world’s most prestigious awards for children’s literature. This is her first publication in English.

Size: 25.0 x 26.0 cm
Format: Hardback, 48 pages
Age: 6 - 8 years