You'll be inspired by the imagination and perseverance of Argyle Fox. Kids and adults alike will enjoy the fun illustrations and lovely story. And you might find some inspiration for some windy fun yourself!

Eh, "Argyle Fox" was a meh book. It's not awful, though more of a message story than I usually prefer. The artwork is delightful, full of life in spring medium shades, nothing bright. The line work is simple but evocative.

Argyle Fox simply wants to play outside and enjoy the beautiful spring weather. Sounds simple, right? Yeah, not so much. The wind keeps interfering with his attempts to play outside. Although he has good ideas for his outside play, he fails to account for the wind and thus his plans fall apart. We see his frustration and his sadness at his repeated failure to play in the wind. His mother offers advice which he ponders and finally, he just may have a found a way to play outside without the wind interfering. The style was not preachy, but still too much of a message story for my liking. Some children will enjoy the games and ideas that Argyle comes up with and may laugh at the wind's behavior. Others may wonder what takes him so long to come up with an answer to his problem.

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This book is about never giving up. You can always find a solution to a problem and have fun doing it. The little fox is really sweet and always active. Both the idea and realization are good and with beautiful illustrations.

This was a cute book about perseverance with beautiful illustrations. I can't wait to share this with my first grade students.

The artwork in this book is very winsome and feels like Spring. I love Argyle's story. He wants to play outside, but all of his ideas get turned inside out and upside down by the spring wind. His mother reminds him that he can find some way to play in the wind and he does! He also shares with his friends making it a sweet book about Spring, friendship and problem-solving.

Argyle Fox, what an imaginative name, wants to do something outside, but in early spring it can really get windy. Avoiding his mother's guidance that it's probably too windy to play with cards outside, he builds a card tower only to watch a gust of wind destroy it. And so his activities go, everything he tries doesn't work well with it so windy outside. Disgusted by not being able to do what he wants outside he informs his mom that "I'm never playing in the wind ever, ever, EVER again!" Mom doesn't try to fix his problem but she does give him something to think about.
This book is good as a tool to encourage creative thinking and problem-solving.
The illustrations were colorful and fun, but I wasn't all that taken by Argyle Fox. It was hard to really appreciate his costumes due to his square build.

I really enjoyed reading the Argyle Fox. It was a nice way to show children how to problem solve and persevere. Fox tries lots of ways to play but the wind kept messing his plans up until he figured out a way to play WITH the wind. It was fun to see all the clever ways fox tried to play and all the animals who told him maybe now wasn't a good time to play. Great for storytime and read aloud.

Beautiful illustrations. Argyle tries to play outside on a windy day and the wind whooshes and creates havoc. His mom suggests him to think of a game to play in the wind and he plays a game

Argyle Fox by Marie Letourneau. Tanglewood Publishing. What an adorable book about a boy fox searching for the right playtime activity. The wonderful, creative nature scene illustrations full of flowers and trees and running streams make this a delightful read I know your child will enjoy. Highly recommend. Thanks to NetGalley and Tanglewood Publishing for providing this ebook for review.

A delightfully drawn tale of a fox on a mission to find something to do during a windy day, this picture is book is perfect for autumnal storytimes for young children (and their parents).

Somehow the art reminds me of embroidery and crochet. I wonder if it was intentional to fit the theme. Coming to the story, Argyle is a little fox who goes out to play, but every time he tries to play something his plan gets ruined. Read the book to find out if he can come up with anything to play.

First and foremost, I like the message behind this story - that failure often leads to way to success and requires perseverance and imagination to overcome obstacles. I found the text in this book very easy to read, thanks to its slightly larger font size and sans-serif typeface, with placement of the text on lighter areas of the illustrations - these things all help! The illustrations are simply beautiful and each page is packed full of colour. A definite 5-star read!

"I'm never playing in the wind ever, ever EVER again!"
"Perhaps if you think for a while, you will figure out something to play in the wind,"said Mama Fox.

A beautiful picture book with a charming message.
Loved the style of the illustrations, with every page full of hidden details the longer you look.
I have a soft spot for foxes anyway, but really enjoyed the character of Argyle and the way his mother challenged him to find new activities, rather than just giving him an answer or attempting to entertain him. This is a really important message for children (and their parents) as so many of the children I work with now have every minute timetabled for them and struggle to entertain themselves. Yet, it is sometimes during a period of 'boredom' that creativity flourishes.

I received an ebook review copy through Netgalley and, after reading, immediately went on Amazon to order my own real copy. Unfortunately, it’s quite pricey, but it is a beautiful book! I am now looking out for other releases from this author-illustrator and am trying to get my hands on a copy of The Mice of Bistrot des Sept Frères, which also looks brilliant.

What I liked: The message for children about creativity and perseverance, the detailed illustrations
Even better if: It became a series! I would love a sequel with more of Argyle's adventures.

DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: I have a material connection because I received a review copy for free from Netgalley and the publisher.

This adorable picture book features Argyle Fox. He wants to play outside, but the wind is ruining his day. Everything her tries to do gets blown away. He tries and tires to no avail.

Angrily he comes back home and tells Mama Fox he is going to stay in until the wind stops. Mama gently tells him to think of something that can be done on windy days. Argyle thinks and thinks and comes up with a great solution to his problem.

Letourneau does a wonderful job of capturing Argyle's frustration and triumph in the beautifully illustrated PB. I love the pictures of Argyle knitting. This book is a delight for children and the adults that read to them. I hope there are more Argyle adventures in the future.

Argyle Fox. Is there a more perfect name? Argyle Fox searches for the right activity to entertain himself in the windy woods near his home. After meeting mishap after mishap, he is prepared to abandon play and sulk in his room. With encouragement from his mother, he returns to drawing board and finds the just right thing, making both his day and that of his friends.

This story has all the right points for a lesson in perseverance and resilience, as well as talking points for how to make a decision based on evidence at hand. and making the most of a less-than-optimal situation. I can't wait to bring this into my lesson plans!

Little Argyle Fox, named because of his fancy argyle scarf collection which was so lovingly knitted by his Mama, heads out on a springtime day to play. He discovers no matter what he conjures up to do the wind comes wooshing forcefully in and destroys all his plans. He gives up and head for home. Disgruntled he exclaims, "I'm never playing in the wind again, ever, ever, EVER again!"

His mother sensing his total frustration wisely suggests, "Perhaps if you think for a while, you will figure out something to play in the wind." "No I won't," Argyle grumbled. "Think Argyle," Mama Fox said softly as she closed the bedroom door.

Argyle took his Mama's advice and soon put his thoughts into action. Yes!!! He certainly could make this happen. With his brain popping from idea-overload he cuts, ties, knits, paints, tapes, and ... VOILÀ! He waits in the meadow to harness that strong, powerful wind and together they play and have loads of fun. All the other animals catch the spirit of play and join in the games too!!!

I am so impressed that Argyle has such a wonderful imagination all through the story. He is creative and happy and able to play all by himself and truly enjoys his own company. He also has a very loving Mama who encourages him to be a solo problem solver. Good for her!

"The story of Argyle teaches that failure is often a pathway to success and celebrates perseverance, creative thinking, and an old-fashioned springtime activity." I highly recommend this book.

This is a big, beautiful book (12" by 9.1") that young children will love to own, look at illustrations, and read or have read to them. Ms. Letourneau wrote the text and created the illustrations. The protagonist is Argyle Fox, a young fox who always wears argyle scarfs or sweaters, which are knitted for him by his loving, elegant mother. Argyle loves to play in the forest with his friends: squirrel, beaver, ground hog and badger, but the wind interrupts their play. So Argyle sets out to create a toy designed to be used in the wind.

The book opens to an easy to read illustrated map of Argyle Fox's forest and surrounding area. There's beaver's pond, pirate ship, groundhog burrow, Argyle's four story house within a tree, and in the distance there is a knight's castle. The book's clever, large illustrations are its best feature, with the text appearing in a relatively small area at the bottom of each page. Young children will be delighted with this lovely, well-designed book with gorgeous illustrations. Its large size will encourage small children to spend hours pouring over it.

Argyle Fox is a picturebook by Marie Letourneau. Argyle Fox, with his signature style, wants to play outside on a springtime day, but the wind is wreaking havoc with his fun and games. As soon as he builds a card tower, climbs into a giant spider web, or takes up his pirate sword, here comes the wind: Woosh! Mama Fox tells grumpy Argyle that if he thinks long enough, he will come up with something to do. Following his mother’s suggestion and inspired by her knitting, he works all the pieces of his day together and creates the perfect solution.

Argyle Fox is the story of a young fox determined to play outside, but the wind is making his favorite games impossible to play. I like that he has so many ready options, and that he is willing to keep trying. I was a little annoyed at the need for all the crazy cool props that Fox had to play with, rather than the use of pure imagination and playing with friends. HOwever, when he finally gets around to his final activity attempt he uses some of those props to build his new springtime toy. I understand that he needed some of that stuff to make that possible, and that it made his previous play attempts that much more heartfelt, but I still would have liked more imagination and less costume. That being said, I still loved the book and wish I had some of thase play props when I was a kid.

Argyle Fox is a well drawn picturebook with a nice blend of imagination, lesson sharing, and fun. I love the message about creative thinking and the need to keep on trying. I think it would make a nice addition to school and public library collections.

What an absolutely delightful book! Argyle Fox longs to play outside and has so many great ideas: building a card tower, scary spider and web, pirate and soccer. The wind disrupts each of his activities and his frustration becomes evident. Like most young children, he eventually gives in to pouting and sitting. His mother encourages him to think through the problem and come up with an activity that he can do in the wind. Eventually, Argyle comes up with the perfect solution!
This book has beautiful illustrations done in gouache paint that are only part of why I love this book. There are so many details to draw in the reader and young children will see details in each page.
A big focus in education right now is fostering a growth mindset; problem solving is a big part of that movement and in this book, we see Argyle Fox face discouragement but then working through a problem until he finds a solution. This book will be wonderful with young readers to plant the seeds of overcoming problems and with older readers who can make even more text-to-self connections and open dialogue on problem-solving.

This book is just cute. Cute, cute and fun! Argyle is a young fox who goes out to play games in the wind. His mom has a few thoughts, but he is a busy fellow. Out in the wind Argyle starts having interesting experiences that ultimately lead him to growth and more fun! I really liked the drawings and I enjoyed the book.

My copy came from Net Galley. My thoughts and opinions are my own. This review is left of my own free volition.