The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner

A scrawny fox keeps trying to steel a hen from the hen house.  When he keeps failing, his friend, the wolf, convinces him to take some eggs, hatch them, the then fatten them up.  They plan to eat them when they get big enough.  When the eggs hatch, the three chicks think the fox is their mother.  Gradually the fox gets attached to the chicks, and finds himself protecting them from the wolf.

This is a cute graphic novel that shows that families can come in many shapes.  The fox's transformation from predator to parent is gradual, and at times pretty funny.  I admired the author's courage to be subtle.  He trusted that the reader would get that the Fox was getting attached to the chicks, without showing the attachment too soon.   This is a great choice for either boys or girls and both younger and older grade school ages. (2017, 187 p.)