Books with title Freddie The Fox: Freddie's Forest Friends

This fun story about friendship takes on a life of its own when animals in the forest begin a search that can only succeed with a little help from some friends. Matty is a young squirrel that learns to take care of himself when he finds his parents have disappeared. With his new friends, Jay, the bluebird, Manda, the rabbit, and Lexi, the doe. Matty begins searching for his parents, only to discover more new friends and an adventure that teaches him and his pals a valuable lesson in friendship

Freddie's wild fantasies lead him on escapes into the woods, desert, rain forest, ocean and caves. Only in Freddie's imagination could we find howling monkeys, a smiling sloth, a shark wearing a band-aid or an angelfish with a halo. The pages alternate between adults gently guiding him through his regular daily duties and Freddie's daydreams of fun fiascos with dangerous animals instead! Some people say Freddie has a short attention span, but he's really just very smart and inquisitive! Every child has been accused of having too much energy, so they easily identify with his level of imaginary entertainment! By the end of the day, we understand why Freddie trusts these special friends to watch over him all night long.The original book is printed with blue and yellow lettering on pastel colored backgrounds to help some dyslexic people read easier. Ellen Simmons Myer found many grade school level students were unable to focus clearly on black letters with a white background, resulting in backward letter writing. Because their eyes tend to focus on the white, it's evident they can read the chalkboards much easier. She purchased clear plastic folders in pastel tints; several kids who put their paperwork inside could read perfectly with that simple fix. We intentionally didn't use black type or white backgrounds in Mrs. Myer's books to help some children recognize such problems as early as possible. In "pop-up texts", black type on a white background is used for plain reality pages changing to purple text for Freddie's rhyming fantasy pages. Every child who reads the printed book with it's slick, shiny pages, rereads it over and over. An autistic child identified with Freddie so much, he recently climbed upon his stunned Father's lap and read words aloud to Dad for the first time ever. Maybe they enjoy the bright colors or hidden silly characters to find new every time it's reread. Whatever the reason, this always becomes a favorite bedtime story.

Matty is a young squirrel who learns to take care of himself when he finds his parents have disappeared. With his new friends, Jay the bluebird, Manda the rabbit and Lexi the doe, Matty begins searching for his parents, only to discover more new friends and an adventure that teaches him and his pals a valuable lesson in friendship. Inspired by her grandchildren, Matthew, Jayson, Amanda, Alexis, Julie and Eric, Joyce Van Kirk created her cast of friendly, original forest creatures in her first published book. She is currently working on her next children's book, Matty the Squirrel. Joyce lives with her husband, Chuck, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Children's picture book, with full color on each page. Print is on color instead of black on white to eliminate Foreground Perception problems experienced by some children with dyslexia. Storyline: Freddie is an introverted boy whose favorite toys become his friends. His sharp intellect and vivid imagination explore the animals in the woods, Africa, a rainforest, the ocean, and a cave.