Run Home, Little Fox

Tom McCaughren, Erika McGann

ISBN 10: 1788496086 / ISBN 13: 9781788496087

Published by O'Brien Press Ltd, IE, 2025

WINNER Children's Books Junior category, An Post Irish Book Awards 2025.'In the Wild Wood, a fox must be brave and cunning and quick.'Foxy loves his mother's stories about the Wild Wood: about rabbits and badgers, squirrels and owls, and the tall, thin deer, with horns like tree branches.Foxy decides to set out on his own wild adventure. But can he be brave and cunning and quick enough to find his way back home? Seller Inventory # LU-9781788496087

Synopsis:

‘In the Wild Wood,’ Foxy’s mother says, ‘a fox must be brave and cunning and quick.’ Foxy loves to hear stories about the Wild Wood, where there are all sorts of creatures: rabbits and badgers, squirrels and owls, and the tall, thin deer, with antlers like tree branches. He decides to set out on his own wild adventure. Can he learn to be a fox of the Wild Wood?

About the Authors:

Tom McCaughren has written fifteen books for children and young adults. His award winning 'Run with the Wind' series has been translated into twenty languages including German, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, French, Dutch, Danish and Latvian.

Erika McGann grew up in Drogheda, County Louth, and now lives in Dublin. She is the author of many books including The Demon Notebook (winner of the Waverton Good Read Children’s Award), the ‘Cass and the Bubble Street Gang’ series and Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World. Her picture books include the Where Are You, Puffling? stories (illustrated by Gerry Daly) and Standing On One Leg Is Hard and What is a Peachick? (illustrated by Clive McFarland), as well as the 2025 IBA winning Run Home Little Fox (co-authored with Tom McCaughren, illustrated by Shannon Bergin).

Shannon Bergin is an Irish illustrator, avid doodler and tea drinker. As a kid, she wandered around the countryside making up stories and drawing on any available surface. As a grown-up, she basically does the same thing, but now it’s for books, galleries and other cool things. She has won several awards. Shannon loves books, gardening and all things colourful, with a hint of magic.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Run Home, Little Fox
Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd, IE
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: Bergin, Shannon
Condition: New