Welcome to Foxyland: Great Adventures of Little Foxycat

By Wald Peterson

The curious and imaginative Foxycat must explore his village to find the ingredients needed for his mother to bake his favorite dessert, in this delightful, fully illustrated children’s book.

From the moment he wakes up in his cozy cottage on the edge of the forest, Foxycat is filled with wonder at the world around him. With his vivid imagination knowing no bounds, he speaks to Mrs. Toothbrush about going into battle to defend his teeth from bacteria, and chats happily to the contents of his kitchen cupboards before sitting down for breakfast. Indulging his wandering mind and need to discover something new every day, Foxycat’s mother sends him on a journey to seek out the ingredients to make his favorite pie.

Now out on his own in Foxyland, his imagination is free to run even wilder. Foxycat sings a duet with the sun, sporting a sombrero - of course - and has a conversation with the fish found in the forest brook. Not forgetting his important task - and the freshly baked reward he will get upon completing it - Foxycat makes at stop at Uncle Beaver’s sawmill for a new breadboard and rolling pin, learning more about the surrounding woods before heading to Mr. Hams’ windmill for a bag of flour and a lesson on the hard work it takes to run such a business. Of course, he will still have to find a friend who can help him get the milk...

With Great Adventures of Little Foxycat, Wald Peterson has created a fantastical and warm new world in which friendship, discovery and learning with open eyes are the central, heartfelt themes. Filled with bright and expressive illustrations, Foxycat’s journey in the animated world of Foxyland is beautifully rendered, a wonderful story that parents, teachers and children will enjoy reading and revisiting. Great Adventures of Little Foxycat is an amusing new addition to children’s illustrative fiction that will be delight younger readers for years to come.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wald Peterson
• Release date: Sep 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311408853

Wald Peterson

Wald Peterson grew up in Bulgaria. He loves drawing and reading since he was a little boy. His creativity was promoted by the avocations of his parents: his mother used to draw while his father was in for wood-carving. Since his childhood Wald has dreamed of becoming an astronaut and flying to space toward adventures. When he grew up in pursuit of his dream he got a degree in aerospace technologies and later in project management and for a long time worked for companies related to space and IT. For over 15 years Wald Peterson has been writing poems and short stories to the enjoyment of his family and friends. There is still a little child living inside of him with a liking for adventure and boundless imagination thanks to which Foxycat, the main character of numerous wonderful stories, stepped out into this world from the pages of his books. Wald likes music, reading books, playing the guitar, cooking yummy food with his wife, traveling and windsurfing.

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Text and illustrations Copyright Wald Peterson, 2015.

All rights reserved.

Translation by: Marja Laakso.

The text of this book set in Clear Sans.

The illustrations are painted by acrylic paints.

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without written permission from the author.

Contents

Great Adventures of Little Foxycat

Copyright

Morning

Uncle Beaver’s Lodge

At the Windmill

Visiting Bob

Home Again

About the Author

Morning

There – where the mountains touch the deep blue sky, where lush forests and green fields stretch further than the eye can see and where clear, sparkling rivers flow toward the sun – lies a tiny fairytale land called Foxyland. It is said, that all who live there treat each other with such kindness and care that nature, and even the objects around them, occasionally come to life – or perhaps they are very much alive and their existence and presence have just gone unnoticed for a very long time.

The trees