The Tail of Little Skunk
Illustrator: Michael Terry
Golden Books 2002 (Random House)

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The Story Behind the Story

When my children were growing up we had evening visitors to our patio— sometimes raccoons, sometimes opossums, and sometimes a family of skunks. We would watch the baby skunks behind glass doors, fascinated by them.

During those years we had some smelly experiences with the skunks. Our dear dog, Ali, was sprayed twice. Once a skunk sprayed under our house and my family smelled like "skunks" all day!

 

Skunks were on my mind. So, I started working on an early reader about skunks. One of my editors had previously suggested I write a story about a skunk, and I certainly had the experience!

The first title for this story was If Big Bear Comes, but my editor thought the title should have the word "skunk" in it, so she brainstormed with another editor and came up with four new titles. We all agreed we liked The Tail of Little Skunk best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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