A luminous wordless story begins with a fox wandering into a village on a cold, silvery winter night. Chased off by adults, the fox takes shelter in a greenhouse, giving birth to four kits. A child who saw the fox go inside brings it a basket of food. Later, the fox and her kits slip through the sleeping child’s bedroom window with gifts of their own. Enchanting cut paper and painted illustrations convey the magic of the winter world and the power of kindness in this book that will elicit sleepy sighs of pleasure. Although no words are needed, the simple, eloquent epigraph states, “On the fresh snow, / as in my heart, footprints, traces.” Yes. (Ages 2–6)

A lost, pregnant fox wanders into a village on a snowy night looking for shelter. Harshly chased away by the village people, the fox finds shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this and brings the fox a basket of provisions and goes back to bed. For his compassion and kindness, the fox and her kits sneak into the boy's room and fill it with flowers as a sign of gratitude. The simple cut-paper illustrations mixed with the illuminated backgrounds are mesmerizing and heartwarming. Readers will be enchanted and inspired by the message of showing kindness to all living things.

France. Originally published in France as Une recontre by Éditions Autrement in 2013. Published in the United States by Enchanted Lion in 2014.

One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village. Chased away by the grown ups, Fox takes shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this from his window. Without hesitating, he brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox. His gift is noticed and the night becomes a garden of new life, nourished by compassion and kindness.

Princesse Camcam's cut-paper illustrations, along with the beautiful lighting of the sets she creates, make the experience of looking at these illustrations both touching and transcendent. Their beauty and essential simplicity reflect the beauty of the story. The reader is left charmed by the fox and the child and thoughtful about the emotional lives of both humans and other creatures.

Princesse Camcam was born in Paris in 1982 as Camille Garoche. Having spent her childhood in southwest France, she left to study the graphic arts at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Cergy. She created her first illustrated book in 2006 and has been living in Germany since 2007.