"One Fine Day" received a Caldecott Medal in 1972. (Ref 2) This honor is given to a children's book based on its illustrations. (Ref 3) Read the story, and discuss what a Caldecott Medal is with the children. Print out a picture of the medal from the Internet and have the children color the medal. Take the children to your local library and send them on a hunt to find all of the Caldecott Medal winners in the library. Allow them to choose a few to read along with you. Compare the illustrations of more recent winners with those in "One Fine Day" and discuss the similarities and differences.
In the story, "One Fine Day," the fox encounters a maiden with a blue bead. Purchase a package of blue beads at your local craft store and give a number of them to the children. Create a mathematics worksheet that is appropriate for the children's math level. This might include addition or subtraction problems. Read the story with the children, and allow them to use the blue beads from the story to solve the math problems.
The fox in "One Fine Day" meets a cow because one of the other characters asks the fox to bring milk for a trade. Read the story with the children and discuss where milk comes from. You can use this as a science lesson and include a field trip to a local farm. There, the children will learn about farming as well as milking cows.
The fox's main reason for wanting his tail sewn back on is because he is worried that his friends back in the forest will tease him. Read the story with the children and ask them to write about a time when they felt sad because someone teased them. Have the child include an illustration of the event. If this activity is completed in a classroom, allow each student to present his piece and discuss what is feels like to be teased. Make a list of strategies of what a child can use when he is teased and display it in the classroom.