Good parents everywhere know the tension of wanting their kids to be curious, to have rich experiences and friends…but to be perfectly safe while doing it. Little Fox knows all about it! His father warns him of the danger everywhere. But Little Fox still frolics with butterflies, scavenges for food, and searches for new friends. Then one day he takes a tumble, bumps his head, and starts dreaming of things that reflect both the beauty he's seen and the scary things he's heard. And when Little Fox wakes up, he's perhaps a little wiser, but still every bit as curious and full of life.

USSBY 2021 Outstanding International Books List.

Author has been a principal and teacher, and is now a writer living in Rotterdam.

Netherlands. Originally published in by Querido in 2015. English translation by David Colmer published in the United States by Levine Querido in 2020.

A Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2020

"A beautiful, fully realized dreamscape." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Little Fox frolics with butterflies, scavenges for food, and searches for new friends—despite his father's warning that danger lurks all around. Then one day he takes a tumble, bumps his head, and starts dreaming of things that reflect both the beauty he's seen and the scary things he's heard.

Marije Tolman's ingenious illustrations use a fresh technique that feels like a movie and a dream, starring the cheerful, bright orange Little Fox on grainy mixed media landscapes of blue and green. And when Little Fox wakes up, he's perhaps a little wiser, but still every bit as curious and full of life.