Indie Bestseller *Amazon Top 20 Children’s Book * Amazon Best Children’s Book *Shelf Awareness Best Children’s Book * Chicago Public Library Best Book

In the follow-up to the acclaimed and bestselling best book of the year by Newbery Honoree Amy Timberlake with pictures from Caldecott medalist Jon Klassen, Skunk and Badger head out on a rock-finding expedition with surprises hiding behind every boulder.

Buried in the heart of every animalis a secret treasure. For rock scientist Badger,its the Spider Eye Agate he found as acub, stolen years ago by his crafty cousin,Fisher. For Badgers roommate, Skunk, thetreasure is Sundays with the New Yak TimesBook Review. When an old acquaintance,Mr. G. Hedgehog, announces his plan tocome for the Book Review as soon as it thumpson the doorstep, Skunk decides an adventurewill solve Badgers problems as well as hisown. Surprisingly, Badger agrees. Together they set off on an agate-finding expeditionat Badgers favorite spot on Endless Lake.

But all is not as it seems at Campsite#5. Fisher appears unexpectedly. Then achicken arrives who seems intent on staying.Something is up! Secrets, betrayals, lies. . . and a luminous, late-Jurassic prize.

Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake spins the second tale in this series about two opposites who became friends, alongside the lush art of New York Times bestselling author-illustrator and Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen.

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