Mr. Badger and Mrs. Fox are single parents who decide to combine their two families, despite the protests of their children who think that “badgers and foxes are not meant to live together” (23) because they’re different ani mals. Ultimately, plotting and attempting to break their parents up is what brings the little badgers and their new fox sister together. Although the step siblings in this graphic novel for developing readers are woodland animals, their new sibling rivalry and resistance to changes in family structure will resonate with children from blended families . lvb

Originally published as La Rencontre (Monsieur Blaireau et Madame Renard: 1 ) in French by Dargaud France, in 2006. Translated by Carol Klio Burrell.

Grub, Bristle, and Ginger agree on only one thing: badgers and foxes cannot be friends. But when hunters chase Ginger and her mother out of their den, Mr. Badger and Mrs. Fox decide they should all live together. Grub, Bristle, and Ginger have a BIG PLAN to change their parents' minds . . . but it's going to take a lot of cooperation to prove that they just can't get along! This is the first book in the Mr. Badger and Mrs. Fox series.