Another fun picture book for kids that's focused on animals and science communication. This time, as evident from the title, the subject is foxes - specifically, foxes that live in an urban environment.

What sets this one apart is that the images come from photographs rather than drawings or paintings, and though this isn't unusual I've seen a lot more of the latter recently, so it's worth noting. I'm not entirely sure if the book developed out of the photographs, but that's the impression I got. Wendy Shattil is a wildlife photographer, and she spent some weeks recording a fox family that lived in a local cemetery... and they're wonderful photos, honestly the best thing about the book. The text is fairly basic, informative enough for young children but not especially outstanding in any way. Honestly, most people who pick this up will do so for the photos. I don't know if I find them especially appealing because foxes don't live in New Zealand, and so they seem especially fluffy and cute and not at all like pests, which I understand they can be in parts of the world, but appealing they are.