Skunk and Badger

By Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (illustrator),

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Learn how Skunk and Badger first became roommates before embarking on their latest adventure, Egg Marks the Spot, now on sale!

A Best Book of 2020: People * Kirkus Reviews * Booklist  * School Library Journal * Publishers Weekly * Shelf Awareness for Readers * New York Public Library *…

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1 author picked Skunk and Badger as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I picked up this book on a blind recommendation, knowing only that it was an anthropomorphic middle grade novel with illustrations by an artist whose work I liked. To my absolute delight, I discovered a story that’s unabashedly whimsical and warm.

Personally, I love skunks, so I was a little frustrated with Badger for being so unwelcoming when Skunk showed up on the stoop of his townhouse. In Badger’s defense, though, the amount of mayhem Skunk created would have made anyone lose their temper, let alone a buttoned-down badger with “very important rock work” to perform.

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