The Skunk: A Picture Book -- Mac Barnett, Hardcover

This sly, hilarious tale, The Skunk, brings together luminaries Mac Barnett and Patrick McDonnell for the first time.

An Entertainment Weekly Best Kids' Book

When a skunk first appears in the tuxedoed man's doorway, it's a strange but possibly harmless occurrence. But then the man finds the skunk following him, and the unlikely pair embark on an increasingly frantic chase through the city, from the streets to the opera house to the fairground. What does the skunk want? It's not clear--but soon the man has bought a new house in a new neighborhood to escape the little creature's attention, only to find himself missing something...

Author: Mac Barnett
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 04/14/2015
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.30h x 7.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781596439665
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 174058 / Skunk


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 112
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 03/23/2015
Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 103
New York Times Book Review 05/10/2015 pg. 18
New York Times Book Review 05/17/2015 pg. 30
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 109
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2015
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2015 pg. 27
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 38
Entertainment Weekly 12/18/2015 pg. 104

About the Author

Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children, including Extra Yarn, which won a 2013 Caldecott Honor and the 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Picture Books. He also writes the Brixton Brothers series of mystery novels. He was born in 1982 to non-farmers in a California farming community. Now he lives in Berkeley.

Patrick McDonnell has over twenty books in print, including four New York Times bestsellers and the Caldecott Honor winning Me...Jane. His comic strip, Mutts, appears in over 700 newspapers around the world and on the web.