Adult readers have read this plot of this story many times but for a young reader this will be a new story. Fox loves reading and he especially loves mystery stories. He also loves apples and libraries and his perfect day involves collecting a few apples from the trees in his forest on his way to the library! Life is good but Fox would love some action. Then we turn the page and as readers we can see the action is already underway but of course Fox does not know this. A group of masked animals are collecting all of the apples. When Fox sets off to the library the next day all of the apples are missing.
"A mystery for me to solve! At last!"
As he continues his journey, Fox meets each of his friends and he tries to ask them about the missing apples but everyone is too busy to talk. Finally he reaches Rabbits home where he smells something delicious. Have you guessed what it is? Spoiler alert - Rabbit has baked a delicious apple pie because everyone is gathering to give Fox a very special surprise Birthday Party! The final words of this book gave me a warm smile:
"In the middle of the party, Fox saw that the whole apple pie had disappeared. But he didn't need to investigate that mystery."
I do have a Pinterest collection of picture books with apples. Here are some other books about surprise birthday parties"
Once again I am so sorry to say this book is out of print even though it was only published in 2017. The cover caught my attention - I like the bold, graphic design and I had not heard of this illustrator. She is originally from Russia but now lives in Montenegro (well she did in 2019).
Here are some other books by Ekaterina Trukhan:
Here is her website. And here is a 2019 interview where she talks about her work. And here is another interview where you can see more of her illustrations.
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