One Fine Day

One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian (author and illustrator)
1972 Caldecott Medal

Inspired by an Armenian folk tale, this is a cumulative story about a fox who helps himself to an old woman's milk, get's his tail chopped off as a result, and then goes through a series of efforts in order to repay the old woman so she'll sew his tail back on. (Which does eventually happen.)

It's the kind of "add on" story, like the house that Jack built, that kids would enjoy saying along with the story as the story builds. The pictures are particularly pleasing in a bright, happy, colorful sort of way.

I found it to be a "nice" book, but nothing earth shattering. I go for a little more substance in the story line, so it's not something I could count as a favorite.