{"product_id":"skunk-and-badge-by-amy-timberlake","title":"Skunk and Badge by Amy Timberlake; Illustrations by Jon Klassen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE: This title releases on May 6, 2025. If preordering, you may select pickup or delivery. Pickups can occur any time during normal business hours, which do not include Tuesdays. (So you'd be picking up a day later.) If you select delivery, books will ship ON release day, not FOR release day. Thanks for your understanding!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBest Book of 2020: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople * Kirkus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eReviews \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e  * \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSchool Library Journal * Publishers Weekly * Shelf Awareness for Readers * \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNew York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Evanston Public Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis acclaimed and bestselling best book of the year is a delightful animal-odd-couple story by Newbery Honoree Amy Timberlake with pictures from Caldecott medalist Jon Klassen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one wants a skunk. They are unwelcome on front stoops. They should not linger in Important Rock Rooms. Skunks should never, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eever \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebe allowed to move in. But Skunk is Badger’s new roommate, and there is nothing Badger can do about it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Skunk plows 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewbery Honor author Amy Timberlake spins the first tale in a series about two opposites who need to be friends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling author-illustrator and Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen completes the book with his signature lushly textured art. This beautifully produced paperback edition contains both full-color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSkunk and Badger \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a book you’ll want to read, reread, and read out loud . . . again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSkunk and Badger return in:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEgg Marks the Spot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRock Paper Incisors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e (Coming October 2025)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46338466480294,"sku":"9781523524044","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/IMG-0079.jpg?v=1746213912","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/skunk-and-badge-by-amy-timberlake","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}