One Fine Day

One Fine Day
Nonny Hogrogian (1971)
Caldecott Award

One Fine Day is a story about a fox, who after traveling on a hot day, gets very thirsty and drinks a woman's pail of milk.  She is not pleased, so she chops his tail off!  He is embarrassed by this, so he pleads with the old woman to sew his tail back on.  She will, on one condition: if he gives her back her milk!  In order to this, the fox goes on an adventure of meeting people that could help him, if they get something in return as well.  It seems like everyone will only give something if something is returned, until the fox meets a generous farmer who is willing to help the fox with out asking for anything in return.  The fox eventually gets his tail sewn back on.  I would use this book in a K-1 classroom.  We would use this to talk about manners and right and wrong.  We learn how we should ask before using or borrowing things, and why that is polite.  We will talk about consequences and why people would be upset if things were taken from them without asking.  I enjoyed this book's illustrations as well. The whole covers of the book are one big illustration and their are pictures before and on the title page as well.  This is an indication of a quality picture book.