Dream Foxes

Dream Foxes is a soothing 348 word bedtime book for children ages 3–6.

Told in flowing verse and accompanied by these, hand-painted gouache illustrations, the book invites children to follow a group of playful foxes through a magical springtime landscape under the stars.

 

Each illustration guides the child through a dreamlike world first introduced in the end-papers.

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The story begins with a child, ready for bed, gazing out the window into the starlit sky. The next page shows the dream foxes gathering, inviting the child to join them in their nighttime adventures. Bright stars above outline the constellation Vulpecula, the little fox.

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The foxes travel from the hilltop, down through a moonlit wood and a blooming orchard, all the way to the sea’s edge.

 

The story follows the arc of the night—beginning as the moon rises and ending as it sets behind the ocean horizon. As night deepens, the foxes’ gentle lullabies and quiet discoveries guide the child from dusk to dawn, bringing a sense of calm and wonder with each turn of the page.

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Each fox’s eye color highlights the nature around them:

• Blue mirrors the velvet night sky.
   

• Brown echoes dried oak leaves in a cozy den.
   

• Hazel reflects a still woodland pool.
   

• Gray matches the shimmer of fish and pebbles in a stream.
   

• Green gazes at the fresh leaves of an apple tree.
   

• Aqua glows with the sparkle of the sea.
   

• And golden eyes hint at the rising sun, just behind the fox.
   

The thoughtful use of color and texture in the artwork beautifully complements the text, drawing young readers into a dream scape where imagination and nature gently intertwine.

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The book concludes with the child snuggled safely in bed, wrapped in the loving lullaby of the dream foxes, ready for sweet dreams.

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The end-papers reflect the story’s passage from night to morning, with a rising moon and setting sun at the front, and a rising sun and setting moon at the back—offering a perfect, symbolic close to this dreamlike journey.

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Dream Foxes is a lyrical story with enchanting illustrations, making it an ideal bedtime read, to lead little ones into their dreams.