If you wake a skunk / written by Carol Doeringer ; illustrated by Florence Weiser.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781534111721
- ISBN: 1534111727
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2023]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Target Audience Note: | Grades 2-3. Sleeping Bear Press. 440L Lexile Decoding demand: 31 (low) Semantic demand: 86 (very high) Syntactic demand: 36 (low) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile |
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Subject: | Skunks > Juvenile fiction. Animal defenses > Juvenile fiction. Picture books > Juvenile literature. |
Genre: | Stories in rhyme. Picture books. |
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Kirkus Review
If You Wake a Skunk
Kirkus Reviews
Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Two campers narrowly escape an encounter with a skunk. The rollicking rhymes and second-person address keep the pages turning and the threat level high in this amusing, educational look at what you should do if you come across a skunk. (In case you don't already know, the answer is universally to retreat!) While the unseen narrator gives prudent advice to the duo and plays up the threat they face as the skunk moves through its warning body language, the two campers, whose facial expressions and own body language reflect their fright, largely fail to heed the advice to get away, instead sticking around until the skunk is balanced atop its front legs, both nose and tail pointed straight at them. The facts woven into the tale are rounded out in the backmatter, which lists some skunk facts, describes their "stink defense," and gives some resources for learning more. The action plays out against white backgrounds, keeping the focus on the interactions. One camper is brown-skinned with short dreadlocks; the other has tan skin and straight black hair in short pigtails. Share this one-on-one so children can see the hysterical reactions of the snail on each spread. (This book was reviewed digitally.) Sure to provoke giggles even for audiences who already know to avoid skunks. (Informational picture book. 3-7) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.