Skunk and Badger
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Publisher Description
** A CLASSIC TALE ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY AND UNLIKELY ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP. FOR FANS OF PADDINGTON BEAR
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** FROM NEWBERY HONOR AUTHOR, AMY TIMBERLAKE AND MULTI-AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR, JON KLASSEN.
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** MEET SKUNK AND BADGER – AN UNFORGETTABLE ‘WALLACE AND GROMIT’ MEETS ‘WINNIE-THE-POOH’ ODD COUPLE.
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The first time Badger saw Skunk, he thought, ‘_PUNY_’, and shut the front door.
There was simply too much slick in this Skunk’s stripe.
Too much puff in his tail.
Also, there’d been that grin, and the way he’d stuck out his paw as if he had been looking forward to meeting Badger.
Badger knew what to make of that.
He shut the door before the fellow got any ideas . . .
But Skunk is Badger’s new roommate, and there is nothing Badger can do about it.
When Skunk bursts into Badger’s life, everything Badger knows is upended.
* Tails are flipped.
* The wrong animal is sprayed.
* And why-oh-why are there so many chickens?
SKUNK AND BADGER IS A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER THAT SOMETIMES OPPOSITES ARE DESTINED TO BE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. A BOOK YOU’LL WANT TO READ AGAIN AND AGAIN.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When Skunk barges into Badger's quiet brownstone, readers sympathize with the scholarly, solitary Badger, who spends his days doing "Important Rock Work." Skunk toys idly with Badger's treasured tools, and he seems bent on staying but why? A letter from Badger's Aunt Luna, the building's owner, answers the question: "What would you think of Skunk moving into the brownstone?" Faced with an unwanted housemate, Badger must learn to live with and learn from Skunk's warm, chaotic presence, especially his willingness to extend hospitality to the neighborhood's chickens. Occasional art by Caldecott Medalist Klassen offers Wind in the Willows wistfulness. Gleeful, onomatopoeic prose by Newbery Honoree Timberlake, meanwhile, keeps readers engaged through laugh-out-loud repetition as she tackles sensitive issues such as elitism, exclusivity, and even science cited for nefarious purposes: "You're a skunk. I am a badger. We are not family." Frog and Toad like in nuance and tenor, this is no old-fashioned story in which Skunk charms Badger and thaws his frozen heart. Badger is in a privileged position, and his refusal to share what he has and to protect Skunk and his guests has a deep and timely significance one rendered with an expertly light touch. Ages 8 12.
