Little Fox and the Wild Imagination

by Jorma Taccone, Dan Santat (Illustrator)

Overview

This is a collaboration beyond your wildest imagination! Jorma Taccone, from the hit comedy trio The Lonely Island, has paired up with New York Times–bestselling, Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Dan Santat to create a picture book about time, space, and giant-robot-squids.

BEWARE!

This is a tale of great caution, terror, and destruction . . .

of bath time, and bedtime, and the battle in between.

This is the story of Little Fox and one VERY BIG imagination.

Everyone from Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Seth Meyers to music legend Weird Al Yankovic and Tony award-winning playwright Tony Kushner loves Little Fox and the Wild Imagination. Can you imagine that?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250212504
Publisher:	Roaring Brook Press
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	681,352
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Jorma Taccone is a comedian, director, and writer. He is one-third of the comedy group The Lonely Island with Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg. Jorma has an Emmy, multiple Writers Guild Awards, and a Peabody, which he does not think he deserves. Born in Berkeley, California, he now lives in New York City with his wife, Marielle, and their son, Wylie. Little Fox and the Wild Imagination is his first picture book.

Dan Santat is the Caldecott Medal–winning and New York Times–bestselling author and illustrator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, the fairy-tale sequel After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again), and the road trip/time travel adventure Are We There Yet? His artwork is also featured in numerous picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and many, many pets.

Editorial Reviews

A beautiful story about our imagination and how it can change our mood, our minds, and our lives. It's good book for any little person who has a lot on their mind.” —Amy Poehler, author of Yes, Please!

“A tremendously fun book from one of the warmest, most creative fathers I know.” —Seth Meyers

“This adorable story of father-and-son bonding is as sweet as it is funny.” —Al "Weird Al" Yankovic

“Little Fox and the Wild Imagination is a loving look at the power of imagination and what happens when we lead our kids with love.” —Maya Rudolph

“Little Fox and the Wild Imagination had me at 'Pfffffft!' It's a gorgeous, epic adventure that's fueled by shared imagining born out of love. It has obstacles and struggles, as an epic must. It's exciting, seriously good-hearted, and very funny—words and pictures both. And maybe best of all (spoiler alert) its penultimate scene features 5,000 books!” —Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America

“Santat continues to be a master at balance and composition . . . Parents looking to cheer a moody kid up will find inspiration and a word of caution here.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

From the Publisher

2020-06-30
Beware the imagination that cannot be contained.

When Poppa Fox comes to pick his son up after school he finds Little Fox a complete grump. Happily, Poppa Fox knows just the way to perk up his kiddo. One minute they’re pretending to be race cars, the next they’re dinos on the bus, and then later they’re blasting off to outer space to grab some ice cream. Unfortunately, all that sugar before dinner means that Little Fox’s imagination is now primed to go haywire. Now he’s a robo squid destroying a broccoli forest (rather than eating his dinner), then a shark devouring his dad, who is driving a mail truck (that is, splashing way too much in the tub). Things calm down by bedtime, but when Poppa Fox tells his son he will pick him up again the next day, Little Fox already has big plans. As books built on the power of imagination go, this story starts out strong but loses steam about the time Little Fox loses his focus. Santat’s art does more than its fair share of the heavy lifting, particularly when Little Fox’s imagination is supposed to go off the rails. Madcap adventure never looked this fun. Yet the book can’t quite nail the landing, shifting tone from one page turn to the next, leaving readers ultimately unsatisfied. (This book was reviewed digitally with 11-by-17-inch double-page spreads viewed at 33.8% of actual size.)

Aims high but just doesn’t get there. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews