Relates how Jimmy Skunk repays Peter Rabbit for a practical joke and what happens when he and Unc' Billy Possum go hunting for eggs in Farmer Brown's henhouse.

A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and habitat of skunks.

Suggests all kinds of silly, smelly things that one could do with skunks.

"Skunks spray a smelly musk on its enemies that can sting their eyes or make them sick. Phew! But skunks don't always need to make a stink to keep enemies away. Their unique black-and-white stripes warn animals that have been sprayed before to stay away. That is, unless they want to stink! Fun text and eye-catching photos introduce the animal in all its gross glory"--

When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.

Dumpling, a lonely dog with no sense of smell, moves with his family to the country and makes a new friend who takes some getting used to.

"Elmore the porcupine has made many friends in the forest. But he longs for a best friend. Being a prickly porcupine doesn't make that easy. Pinky the skunk would aslo like a best friend. In their day-to-day encounters with each other, and following an especially adventurous event, thebest friend unexpectedly reveals himself. He has been there all along"--

"A man is followed by a skunk all day until the tables turn."--

Bartholomew Skunk is the most popular boy in his neighborhood until he is elected first president of the new Block Club and starts telling everyone what to do.

When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help.