Skunk and Badger /
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TextPublication details: London : Scholastic, 2020Description: 124 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781407199399 (hbk.) :Genre/Form: Children's stories. | Fiction 7+. | General Stories. | Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction | Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories | European comic books: general, classic, all ages | Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: A tale of unlikely animal friendship from Amy Timberlake and award-winning Jon Klassen. An unforgettable 'Wallace and Gromit' meets 'Winnie-the-Pooh' odd couple. But Skunk is Badger's new roommate, and there's nothing Badger can do about it. Sometimes opposites are destined to be best friends. A classic tale about an extraordinary and unlikely animal friendship. For fans of Paddington Bear and Wallace and Gromit. From Newbery Honor Author, Amy Timberlake and multi-award winning illustrator, Jon Klassen comes a beautiful tale of friendship for readers aged 7+. Meet Skunk and Badger. 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, beautifully illustrated throughout by Jon Klassen.
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| JF .T238 1976 Roll of thunder, hear my cry / | JF .T318 2019 Winter in wartime / | JF .T473 2017 The goldfish boy / | JF .T583 2020 Skunk and Badger / | JF .T646 2015 A slice of the moon / | JF .T649 1937 The hobbit : | JF .T649 1954 The fellowship of the ring : |
Originally published: Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers.
A tale of unlikely animal friendship from Amy Timberlake and award-winning Jon Klassen. An unforgettable 'Wallace and Gromit' meets 'Winnie-the-Pooh' odd couple. But Skunk is Badger's new roommate, and there's nothing Badger can do about it. Sometimes opposites are destined to be best friends. A classic tale about an extraordinary and unlikely animal friendship. For fans of Paddington Bear and Wallace and Gromit. From Newbery Honor Author, Amy Timberlake and multi-award winning illustrator, Jon Klassen comes a beautiful tale of friendship for readers aged 7+. Meet Skunk and Badger. 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, beautifully illustrated throughout by Jon Klassen.