‘I won't tell you how the book ends but it's all you would wish for.’ Adele Gèras reviews Gaspard the Fox.
AWFULLY BIG REVIEWS
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TV Legend Basil Brush and Gaspard have been chatting on Twitter. Gaspard says his mother would have been so proud!
Fi and Jane are joined by Radio 4 newsreader Zeb Soanes. Fi and Jane are dismayed by Zeb’s attempt to rehabilitate the urban fox with his children’s book, Gaspard the Fox, but are somewhat won over by adorable photos of the fox that inspired the book. Plus Zeb’s uncanny impressions of other well-known voices.
BBC RADIO 4 PODCAST
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Speaking at Hay with the illustrator James Mayhew on the origins of the book, which tells the story of a bushy-tailed youngster who lives beside the Regent’s Canal in the Angel, Zeb Soanes explained how his loveable creature was based on a real urban fox.
CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL
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Tales of fox friendship enchanted about 200 children during a special visit.
LOWESTOFT JOURNAL
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Zeb & James Mayhew talk to Steve about their first children's book together Gaspard the Fox.
BBC RADIO 2
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Zeb and James discuss Gaspard the Fox and why boys give up reading on Radio 4’s Sunday morning programme.
BBC RADIO 4
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There must be a film in it – about an injured fox and the BBC newsreader who becomes her friend and writes a children’s book. Go for it, Richard Curtis!
EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES
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BBC newsreader pens children’s book set in Islington after befriending a neighbourhood fox
ISLINGTON TRIBUNE
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A wonderfully warm-hearted animal adventure based on Zeb Soanes observation of a local urban fox perfectly captured in James Mayhew’s illustrations.
LOVEREADING4KIDS.COM
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When BBC newsreader Zeb Soanes met his new friend, Gaspard, little did he know that the nocturnal visitor would become a Twitter star and the inspiration for a new book
CANAL BOAT MAGAZINE
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LOWESTOFT JOURNAL
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'Lavish with words, Gaspard the Fox is a lovely story with gorgeous illustrations which is a joy to share.’
@JUSTABOUTBOOKS
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Best-selling illustrator, James Mayhew documents the Angel Canal Festival in preparation for a new book, Gaspard the Fox based on a real fox that visits local resident, Zeb Soanes
ISLINGTON TRIBUNE
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An injured fox that was taken in by a Canonbury resident is set to become the star of a series of children’s books.
ISLINGTON TRIBUNE
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GRAZIA MAGAZINE
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