More adventures of the unlikely duo we met in Skunk and Badger. There is a rock-hunting expedition in this one, and a scheming cousin named Fisher, who did Badger wrong long ago, and seems to have grown even more wicked with the passage of time. A very unlikely treasure is found (and here the story jumped the shark for me, even in the context of an anthropomorphic fantasy world), which leads to high drama. Slightly irritating repetition, too much chicken-speak, and a distinctly non-scientific element to a story supposedly about a rock scientist, made this one much less satisfying for me than Timberlake's initial Skunk and Badger offering. The illustrations, on the other hand, are top notch. ( )

Not as pitch-perfect as the first one but quite enjoyable. ( )

The narrative was a bit slow for me. Sorry. I really wanted to like this book because the illustrations were beautiful and the writing very English-like. ( )