The blurb: Wallace and Gromit meets Winnie-the-Pooh in a fresh take on a classic odd-couple friendship, from Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake with full-color and black-and-white illustrations throughout by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen.
No one wants a skunk.
They are unwelcome on front stoops. They should not linger in Important Rock Rooms. Skunks should never, ever be allowed to move in. But Skunk is Badger's new roommate, and there is nothing Badger can do about it.
When Skunk plows into Badge's life, everything Badger knows is upended. Tails are flipped. The wrong animal is sprayed. And why-oh-why are there so many chickens?
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake spins the first tale in a series about two opposites who need to be friends.
Skunk and Badger is an audiobook you'll want to listen to again and again.
My thoughts: This one is a bit different from my norm, as Kye and I listened to the audio book version of it. It;'s tells the tale of two very different stories forced to live together, and shows that friendships can blossom in the most unlikely places.
The narrator was very animated and added in the voices for the animals, which my son loved, as most kids would, I found it a little grating at times, but it could get very loud and anyone who knows me knows I like peace and quiet.
Which is why I related to badger best, while Kye, typical kid, preferred Skunk and all his mayhem. It's a great little book for teaching kids about differences and compromise though and It had Kye laughing throughout. So I do think it's a book/audio book that most kids would enjoy, and as that is the intended market. I give this one 5 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley, Amy TImberlake, and her publishers for allowing us a free recording of this, in exchange for an honest review.
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