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May 17, 2025

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Amy Timberlake

Latest Title: Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger 1)
Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger 1)
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake

People Best Book for Kids of 2020
KirkusReviews Best Children’s Book of 2020
Booklist Editor’s Choice Book of 2020
School Library Journal Best Book of 2020
Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020
Shelf Awareness for Readers Best Book of 2020
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020
An Indigo Best Book of the Year 2020
An Evanston Public Library Great Kids Book of 2020

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 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?
 
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!”
 
Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake spins the first tale in a series about two opposites who need to be friends.
 
New York Times bestselling author/illustrator and Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen completes the book with his signature lushly textured art. This beautifully bound edition contains both full-color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations.
 
Skunk and Badger is a book you’ll want to read, reread, and read out loud . . . again and again.

About Amy Timberlake

Amy Timberlake’s work has received a Newbery Honor, an Edgar and a Golden Kite Award. She’s had books on the Indie Books Bestseller list, one book was Tattered Covers’ Book of the Year, and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Sunday Times, The Irish Times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Christian Science Monitor, People Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, and also on radio programs and podcasts. “The Skunk and Badger” stories are being translated into 17 languages.  “Rock Paper Incisors” is coming out from Little, Brown in September 2025. Amy lives in Evanston, Ill.

Instagram: @amys_writer_photos