Every so often, one finds a book written for an adult audience that upon reading, the thought at some point enters the mind “This has the makings of a very worthwhile book for children in it as well.”
Such was not the case when I first read the fascinating How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) by Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin and Dr. Lyudmila Trut – but then, of course, as I’m the first to admit, I’m not always the most perceptive in such matters.
Fortunately, there are others in the world who possess far more imagination than I do, who enthusiastically go beyond what might ordinarily be assumed, and as a result of such excursions emerge with potentially great ideas. An example of one such potentially great idea being the transformation of Drs. Dugatkin and Trut’s How to Tame A Fox into the a richly illustrated book for children titled Pushinka, the Barking Fox.
While I have not yet had the opportunity to read Pushinka, I put sufficient trust in it’s authors to have not undertaken such a project unless it would result in a work of which to be proud. I now only await the opportunity to discover if my expectations are confirmed.
