The Skunk In The Trunk

About the Book

This story takes place on a cattle ranch/farm in southern North Dakota. Main characters are Dusty, Jason, Alora, Jake, and Bella the family dachshund. These family members are taking care of the ranch for Grams and Gramps, whom are on a vacation. Alora is Dusty’s daughter, Jake is Jason’s son and Bella is Jason and Jake’s dachshund who also has an important role in the story. Alora and Jake love to be at the ranch to play with all the animals, and to go on exploring adventures. There are so many different things to do, like play with the kittens, chickens or the horses. In Jake and Alora’s adventure they find not only kittens, chickens and horses, but baby kittens that turn out to be baby skunks! It is Bella that finds the baby skunks in an old trunk in back of the old barn. That’s when the fun really starts! There’s lots of excitement when the kids show their dads the baby kittens (skunks). A very protective mamma skunk shows up and gives them a dose of her perfumed spray! Once Dusty and Jason get cleaned up they work on a plan to safely move the whole skunk family to a nice quiet refuge. All ends well when the skunk family is taken to a nice wooded area with plenty of other wildlife. Dusty, Jason, Alora and Jake are happy that they could be a part of rescuing the skunks in the trunk to a more suitable environment!

About the Author

Jeanne Schumacher, author of “The Skunk in the Trunk” writes and illustrates stories about prairie life in south central North Dakota. She has insight about rural life as she and her husband have lived on a ranch/farm for most of their married life. She and her husband Gary have raised three children and are blessed with seven wonderful grandchildren. “The Skunk in the Trunk” is the third in a series of books by this author. Characters in each of the books are her grandchildren and children. Grams and Gramps are on vacation during this book, but one of their sons and son in-law, plus two grandchildren are depicted in this book. Writing and illustrating children’s books has been a goal of the author for several years. As the author and illustrator of this story, she has developed a fictitious story in an authentic setting located on the ranch/farm.