When Alfie and Bonnie's mother leaves them in their warm den underneath the oak tree, warning them not to leave, the two fox cubs soon grow restless, and Bonnie begins to explore. Discovering a magical white substance coming down outside, she convinces Alfie to join her, and soon the two are cavorting through the snow-covered wood. But when its begins to get dark, and they realize they are far from home, things suddenly don't seem so fun...

Foxes in the Snow is the first book I have read from English author/illustrator team Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry. I'm not familiar with Emmett's name, although I see he has quite a few titles to his credit, but Harry was already known to me, as she is also the illustrator of Timothy Knapman's The Winter Fox, which is on my to-read list. In any case, I found both story and artwork here charming, with a fairly standard but still appealing tale of adventurous youngsters having a magical experience in the snow, before heading home, and sweet illustrations that capture both the vulpine charm of our fox characters, and the beauty of the wintry world around them. I don't know that this one is particularly outstanding, in the world of picture-books, but as someone who loves both fox stories and wintry vistas, it definitely appealed to me. Recommended to picture-book readers with those same weaknesses. ( )