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Posted: Sept 15 2006 at 11:29am | IP Logged Quote Christine
Last night, we had a skunk visit us. I am sure that he has visited plenty of times before. Although my children were asleep at the time, they have a lot of questions about skunks.

Can anyone recommend some good skunk books to start us on this little rabbit (or should I say skunk) trail? Our library has quite a few skunk books, but I would prefer personal recommendations. My children range in age from 1 to 9, if that helps.

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Posted: Sept 15 2006 at 11:45am | IP Logged Quote Patty LeVasseur
Christine,
I asked my children and they can't think of a non-fiction book, but they did think of a fiction book. Nate the Great Goes Undercover is the story of the boy-detective Nate the Great trying to figure out who is knocking over the garbage can. It turns out to be a skunk.



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Posted: Sept 15 2006 at 12:44pm | IP Logged Quote marihalojen
Hmmm...how about
The skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

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Posted: Sept 15 2006 at 2:04pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
Try The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk by Burgess. It's a winner!

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Posted: Sept 15 2006 at 2:10pm | IP Logged Quote Christine
Thank you! Please keep the suggestions coming. I love the little poem! Our library doesn't have the Burgess book. I am hoping that it is on the shelf at one of our local bookstores. My oldest just informed us that Homer Price had a pet skunk. Hopefully, my five-year-old nature boy doesn't get any ideas.

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Posted: Sept 23 2006 at 3:28pm | IP Logged Quote Mrs.K
I was so excited when I saw this thread title - did you want to hear about the skunk that was happily munching cat food in the trap we set? (thank the Lord it did not slam shut) Or could I tell you about the skunk lost in our garage - my poor dh sat up until 1 am one night watching the door to make sure it left-of course he did not want to go looking for it and accidentally startle it...

Oh, you just wanted books! We second the Burgess- nice thing about that Dover series is they're so inexpensive (they used to be $1 but I think they went up to $1.50). My dc love all of his books. We also suggest Sweet Sue's Adventures by Sam Campbell and all the rest of the Living Forest series. Happy trails!

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Posted: Sept 29 2006 at 7:07am | IP Logged Quote Katie
As a rabbit trail to your rabbit trail, you could look at some other skunk-like creatures, like the stink badger, the zorilla, and the ratal.......

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