Avery the Fox: The Story of a Non-Binary Fox Finding Love for Themself
Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Herself
Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Himself
Vacation lasted a week, but my online reader site thought it was longer, as it put a billion reader copies up that I had to sort through to find just the ones I wanted to read/keep. I figured I must be exaggerating. I mean it couldn’t be that bad could it? Well, it took me most of the day to sort through them (I actually worked inbetween looking). It was easy enough to start with: keep children, middle reader and young adult. So I took out the horror, romance, fantasy, and non fiction. I then took out most of the poetry and anything adult mystery. And still the titles kept coming! Then I started to actually read some so I would have a reason to not keep something, and be able to view more (the list allows only a handful at a time). One of those titles was Avery The Fox. Well, I guess three titles as there are a few tweaks to three different situations. But only one was up at the time, I had to search out the other two.
You see Avery is a fox. Nothing unusual there, but their stories cover gender issues and here is where things change to not as usual. We deal with trans and non-binary characters. Or character, as they are all Avery. The text is basically the same word for word between each book, but with the words boy and girl added or subtracted as needed and the use of he, she and they/them added and subtracted where required. The other change is sterotypical blues and pinks are added to coincide with that gender. The titles each specify their area of expertise. Each is due in August 2026. One deals with Avery being non-binary, one a trans girl and one a trans boy. Each are written by Trevor R. Day and illustrated by Tamara M. Day.
Overall, they are nice books. Not WOW BEST EVER books, but nice. They were a bit too computerized with the illustrations for me and they are a bit saccharine in the sweetness, but that is nice as it covers a need. I did like how Avery is multiple colors and the other foxes are pink or blue. Granted a bit stereotypical, but that fits the idea the author and illustrator wish to present. I also liked how bullying is because the bullies are confused and a little afraid of change and this is mentioned but not going into a deeper philosophical explanation. There is a more spiritual aspect to both illustration and text without being a specific religion or more Christian in nature allowing for multiple readers, though working best for ages at least five to a young nine (this mostly due to the younger looking images).
