Little Skunk has become separated from his family at a railway station. He only speaks Skunk, and the other animals are wary of his difference until Bel, a young badger, defies prejudice to help him find his family. A heart-warming and topical picture book that examines prejudice and tolerance in the first picture book pairing by bestselling children's book author Malachy Doyle and his illustrator daughter Hannah Doyle. AGES: 3 to 5 AUTHOR: Malachy Doyle has over 100 children's books published by leading English, Welsh and Irish publishers, from picture books to teenage novels. His work has been translated into 27 languages and he is a previous winner of the Tir na n-Og Award (Georgie), the Nestle Children s Book Award (The Dancing Tiger), the English Association Award for Non-Fiction (Cow) and many other awards in the UK and USA. He is also the author of Graffeg title Molly and the Stormy Sea , illustrated by Andrew Whitson. Hannah Doyle lives on the west coast of Wales. Ootch Cootch is her first picture book collaboration with her father, Malachy.
