The first title in a
warm and witty illustrated chapter-book series from Newbery Honor–winner
Amy Timberlake and superstar illustrator Jon Klassen, about a pair of unlikely
animal friends
Analytical and set in his ways, Badger is taken aback when
jolly, easygoing Skunk rings the doorbell to announce he's Badger's new
roommate. (Badger may have been ignoring his landlord Aunt Lula's letters . . .
) But as Badger begrudgingly opens up his home—and heart—to Skunk and his
unconventional ways, the two characters become irrevocably changed by each other,
establishing an odd-couple friendship that is timeless and real.
Set in a brownstone in a town that evokes a
slightly-more-urban Hundred Acre Wood, the story is part Wind in the Willows,
part Wallace and Gromit. Filled with a delightful population of chickens,
sheep, stoats, hedgehogs, voles and philosophical musings, it establishes the
perfect scenario for illustrations by Caldecott Medal–winner (This Is Not My Hat)
and Honor illustrator (Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole) Jon
Klassen.