Flossie and the Fox by Patricia C. McKissack is a story I’m unqualified to discuss in detail. It’s written in a dialect of English I’m not familiar with. It’s the illustrations by Rachel Isadora that caught my attention.On the cover, Flossie and the fox have convincing expressions of pranksters. Isadora captures Flossie’s spunky personality. She must take eggs to Miz Viola, which means walking through the woods. The fox is waiting in the woods to help himself to the eggs. Flossie outwits the fox with hilarious dialogue. She’s as shrewd as they come and succeeds in delivering her basket. I love the final illustration. Flossie breaks the forth wall and simply radiates joy as reveals her genius.
