The Sly Fox and the Little Red Hen, Series 606d, 1968 (later cover)

The Sly Fox and the Little Red Hen, 1968.  This book, illustrated by Robert Lumley, was the 13th book in the original series of 27 Well-Loved Tales books.   The text, as always in the books of this series, was written by Vera Southgate.

As usual, the tales with lots of magical animals in them were given to Robert Lumley to illustrate but in this book, and here he uses humour, energy and observation to create images that will create real drama for a young child at bedtime.  The problem is, will the child be able to sleep afterwards?  Unlike the foxes in The Gingerbread Boy and Chicken Licken, the foxes in this re-telling are foiled by the Little Red Hen and come to a nasty end.

This copy:

The Sly Fox and the Little Red Hen, matt boards, Illustrated by Robert Lumley.  This copy is the original 1968 book but printed in the early 1980s and with the later style cover of its time.   The boards are well worn with very heavy knocks and rubbing to corners and some scufffing to the covers.  Inside, however, it’s in very good condition with nice, clean pages.  This copy dates from the early 1980s and has the original price of 60p on the back.