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Fantastic Mr Fox
- Narrated by: Chris O'Dowd
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Animals & Nature
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl, read by Chris O'Dowd.
Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fat.
Bunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him a beastly temper.
Bean is a turkey-and-apple farmer who only drinks gallons of strong cider.
Mr Fox is so clever that every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from their farms - and those ghastly farmers can't catch him!
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- Mrs L M Robson
- 03-04-15
Kids love it. We love it
Forget the Hollywood version. This is a great story read totally engagingly by Chris O'Dowd.
10 people found this helpful
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- Robert
- 16-06-16
Fantastic Storytelling!
This is another really enjoyable story from Roald Dahl that I read when I was at school (many years ago), but have revisited now via an audio book.
Dahl is a master storyteller, and this is up there with his other classic children's titles. There are moments of great humour and excitement as Mr Fox does battle with the three mean farmers who are after him and his family.
Narration by Chris O'Dowd was also entertaining. Highly recommended for those young and those wishing to revisit their youth.
6 people found this helpful
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- Ho-Man Yau
- 29-12-16
simply fantastic
a nice story for the family and a personal favorite of mine. I'm glad I bought it.
5 people found this helpful
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- Aisha Abraham
- 18-04-19
Excellence book
The narration was fantastic and I learnt features of animals to write in my stories.
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- Caroline
- 09-03-19
fantastic book read brilliantly.
this is a great listen and you won't regret it. Simply brilliant. All the different voices done by Chris are amazing
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- zeenat
- 04-03-19
Worth the download for a 4 year old
My 4 year old thoroughly enjoyed the storyline. Narration was entertaining. Pity it was such a short story though
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-10-17
Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic
What more can be said of the mesmerising amazing magic he weaves! Fantastic Mr Dahl!
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- Grandad Reviews
- 20-10-19
Fantastic
A great book to listen to at the side of the pool, enjoyed it so much I am going to buy the book to read to the grandkids
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- Brown family
- 11-10-18
A RATHER FOXY STORY!!!!!!
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure stories
I liked the drama
BY ISSABELLA.B😍😘😇😂😝
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- Steph H
- 10-11-19
Great fun listen
Just the perfect thing to listen to on a Sunday afternoon when you want something delightful to play in the background.
Chris O'Dowd does a brilliant job with the different voices, and the sound effects are fantastic, especially listen out for the one where the tail gets thrown away, had to replay that a number of times.
Yes it's a children's book, but there's a lot for adults to enjoy too.
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- Xiqian Wang
- 08-02-21
Marvelous performance!
Oh my oh! Cuuuuuutest performance I’ve heard in years! Refreshing little story, perfect for a cozy afternoon
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- Anonymous User
- 30-10-18
Fastastic Audio Book
It is one of our favorite narrator and we read couple books narrated by him. He haa never disappointed and gives live to the story! This time, wonderful.!
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- Michelle
- 16-02-18
Brilliant, just brilliant.
Loved it and Roy from the IT crowd. Perfect combo! I originally saw the film adaption, but needed a new bed time book (to calm my mind). This was perfect, except for a few loud moments from the farmers haha! The book is more soothing and the narrator keeps it easy to follow by doing different voices. I thoroughly enjoy the book. Sad that it is so shirt though!
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- Kwon
- 10-01-18
good
O thik it was very very very good for me and others.I think please read