Tale Of Tommy Fox

Arthur Scott Bailey wrote these Sleepy-Time Tales with a peculiar conviction: children are not foolish, and exposing them to words they do not yet know actually stimulates learning. So Tommy Fox, a spirited young fox, stumbles through the woods encountering other animals, each encounter teaching a gentle lesson about the natural world. The prose has the gently didactic quality of a vanished era, but it is never preachy. It feels more like a kind grandparent sharing secrets of the forest. Tommy gets into the mild trouble that young creatures do: he is curious, sometimes careless, always hungry for experience. The book moves at an easy pace, perfect for reading aloud or for a newly independent reader. For adults, it offers nostalgia. For children, it is an introduction to a gentler world where animals speak and the forest holds no real danger, only adventure.