Author

Publication

2020-01-23 - Random House, Inc., New York, NY

Language

English

Word Count

15,500 words, Guess

Page Count

62 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCPZ8.3.G276 Fo 1965
  • LCCPS3513.E2 F69 1965

Description

The book begins by introducing Fox and Knox (sometimes called "Mr. Fox" and "Mr. Knox") along with some props (a box and a pair of socks). After taking those four rhyming items through several permutations, more items are added (chicks, bricks, blocks, clocks), and so on. As the book progresses the Fox describes each situation with rhymes that progress in complexity, with Knox periodically complaining of the difficulty of the tongue-twisters. Finally, after the Fox gives an extended dissertation on Tweetle Beetles who fight (battle) with paddles while standing in a puddle inside a bottle (a Tweetle Beetle Bottle Puddle Paddle Battle Muddle), Knox acts on his frustration by stuffing Fox into the bottle, reciting a tongue-twister of his own: When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call... a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir! Knox then declares that the game is finished, thanking the Fox for the fun, and walks away while the beetles, a poodle, and the stunned Fox watch. - Wikipedia.

First Sentence

Fox Socks Box Knox

Subjects

Genres

  • Juvenile fiction

Series Statement

  • Beginner Books

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  • Fox in SocksRandom House, Inc.2020-01-23
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