Across the street, in the park, near the mailbox - chickens. The comic conflicts here come from the high-spirited, unpredictable Skunk rubbing up against the fussbudget Badger, as happened the day Skunk invited a few friends over:
Jon Klassen’s full-color plates and spot black-and-white illustrations give “Skunk and Badger” an old-fashioned appearance in the right kind of way. In particular, she wanted to make a book that would be fun for teachers and parents to read aloud with children. Timberlake modeled the gentler “Skunk and Badger” after A.A.
Something of a “True Grit” for middle-grade readers, it won both a Newbery Honor and an Edgar Award for best juvenile mystery. Her previous book was “One Came Home” (2013), a historical novel for 9- to 12-year-olds set in Wisconsin in 1871 during the largest nesting of passenger pigeons ever recorded. How did they become housemates? More importantly, will they stay housemates? Those questions are explored in Amy Timberlake’s “Skunk and Badger,” a sweetly entertaining new novel for 8- to 12-year-olds, as well as older people who might enjoy reading along with them.Ī Hudson native who lives in Chicago, Timberlake is not a prolific writer, so her books are special events.
The livelier Skunk bounces and skips, and invites all the neighborhood chickens over for storytime. A little advanced for independent readers, this is a deep, unusual picture book which would be ideal for reading aloud in a classroom or home situation and will appeal to wide range of children (and adults).Somewhere east of “Frog and Toad” and west of “The Odd Couple” live Skunk and Badger, as mismatched a pair of musteloids as you’ll ever find in North Twist.īadger likes to hunker down with his hammers and safety glasses, doing important rock work with his quartzes and tourmaline pegmatites. This quirky, eccentric, surprising and unique storybook defies classification. What ensues is a witty, touching and revealing story about stepping out of your comfort zone and into someone else’s shoes. And Skunk likes to chat and spend lively evenings with chickens while Badger craves peace and quiet. Suddenly breakfast is eggs, fire roasted peppers, crispy potatoes, strawberry muffins and hot chocolate. When Skunk turns up on Badger’s doorstep unexpectedly, Badger is so surprised that before he knows it, Skunk has moved in. Skunk has a red suitcase tied up with twine containing pyjamas, a storybook and a chicken whistle. His life is focussed, predictable, safe and solitary. Every morning he eats cold cereal with cold milk from a cold bowl before spending his days doing Important Rock Work. Badger lives by himself in his Aunt Lula’s brownstone townhouse.
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