Cinnabar, the One O'Clock Fox

Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis team up again for a wonderful story in their usual way, but on a most unusual topic - a fox. Not ponies on Chincoteague, not stallions in Lipizza, not burros in the Grand Canyon, but a fox. Cinnabar is a red fox (a family man fox, no less) whose days overlapped with George Washington. The story revolves around Cinnabar and his gourmet wife and their children and all the trouble he goes to to get a chicken for dinner. The fox hunt is a little scary for very young children, but it's what my grandmother would have called a "rollicking story", and a very unusual topic for the always successful Henry/Dennis team.

...this simple tale of adventure carried out on four feet. The charismatic Cinnabar still holds his charm, and he leads the reader through his many adventures and astounds with his crafty and quick wits. Throughout the story the values of family values and friendship are explicit- this is a must read for any child, especially those who have a fondness for all things living.