Fox Babies!

Hinch’s adorable photographs of foxes in the wild are the star of this addition to an extensive series of board books based around baby animals. Brisk rhymes, housed in brightly colored boxes that flank the photos, offer a lighthearted narrative complement (“Wake up, baby fox, it’s getting late./ Come have fun with your playmate”), but all eyes will be on Hirsch’s sharp photographs as amber-hued foxes are shown leaping through tall grass, sitting quietly beside trees, and roughhousing with siblings. It’s a basic, eye-catching introduction to these playful mammals that should easily pique the interest of young animal lovers. Available simultaneously: Elk Babies! Ages 2–5. (Sept.)