One smart skunk By Ziefert, Harriet

Title: One smart skunk
Author: Ziefert, Harriet.
Illustration: Santiago Cohen.
Publisher: Blue Apple Books

Comments
CIP Info Rebecca the skunk lives under a suburban family's deck, eluding the traps set to ensnare her, but the smell of moth balls and the noise of rap music finally convince her that the suburbs are no place to raise her family. Well how can on not pick up a book about a skunk? Books about skunks are rare, even rarer are good books about skunks. Like everyone else, I never saw the good that skunks could do. This book actually made me look at them in a new light. The illustrations leave a bit to be desired, but the story is surprisingly good. There is this skunk that torments a family. They don’t see any of the good she, Rebecca, does for them. Finally the family chases her off and she goes to raise her family in the city. The author’s note tells the reader how the story came about. The news article is included too. It is a fun book and should be added to any collection.