# Fox Tales

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|name=Fox Tales
|title_orig=
|translator=
|image=File:FoxTales.jpg
|caption=First edition
|author=[Ruth Manning-Sanders](/source/Ruth_Manning-Sanders) 
|cover_artist=
|illustrator=James Hodgson
|country=United Kingdom
|language=English 
|series=
|genre=[Fairy Tales](/source/Fairy_Tales)
|publisher=[Methuen & Co. Ltd.](/source/Methuen_%26_Co._Ltd.)
|release_date=1976
|media_type=Print (paperback)
|pages=95 pp
|isbn=0-416-56010-5 
}}
{{Portal |Children's literature}}

'''''Fox Tales''''' is a 1976 anthology of 16 animal-centered [fairy tales](/source/fairy_tales) from around the world that have been collected and retold by [Ruth Manning-Sanders](/source/Ruth_Manning-Sanders).<ref>{{cite news |author1=T. D. R. |title=Reading aloud |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/blaydon-and-tyneside-courier-reading-alo/196344763/ |access-date=26 April 2026 |work=Blaydon and Tyneside Courier |date=6 May 1976 |page=7 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> These tales are written for a slightly younger level of reader than Manning-Sanders' more familiar "A Book of..." series of fairy tales.

==Contents==
*1. Terry Gong-Gong (Africa)
*2. What did you do? (Africa)
*3. The fish cart ([Finland](/source/Finland))
*4. The well ([Finland](/source/Finland))
*5. Fox the gooseherd ([Estonia](/source/Estonia))
*6. Fox and Crocodile ([India](/source/India))
*7. Lucky or unlucky? ([India](/source/India))
*8. Fox and Weasel (East Africa)
*9. Fox and Hare ([Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia))
*10. The little cake ([Caucasus](/source/Caucasus))
*11. In the wolf pit ([Hungary](/source/Hungary))
*12. Fox and Crow ([Egypt](/source/Egypt))
*13. Umbrella (Russia)
*14. Buns and honey ([Turkey](/source/Turkey))
*15. Over the wall ([Turkey](/source/Turkey))
*16. The very little man (Germany)

==References==
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Category:1976 children's books
Category:1976 short story collections
Category:Children's short story collections
Category:Collections of fairy tales
Category:Literature featuring anthropomorphic foxes
Category:Books about foxes
Category:Methuen Publishing books
Category:1976 anthologies

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