Bookseller blurb: Sydney is a skunk and Taylor is a hedgehog, but no matter how odd the pairing may seem, their friendship comes naturally. They live happily in their cozy burrow . . . until the day Taylor gets his Big Idea to go see the Whole Wide World. From mountains taller than a hundred hedgehogs, valleys wider than a thousand skunks, to the dangers that lie in the human world, Sydney and Taylor wanted to see it all. With a map and a dream, they bravely set off, soon discovering that the world is much bigger than they realized.
There are eleven chapters in this 79-page book which is published in a sightly larger format than the usual sized paperback. The first book (above) was published in 2021 but I think these books are still available.
Blurb for Book 2 Take a Flying Leap: When Taylor decides he wants to be the World’s First Flying Hedgehog, there is little Sydney can do to stop him. Will Taylor realize his dream? Will he forgive Sydney for not believing in him? And can Sydney keep his spiny friend in one piece? This hilarious story, illustrated with expressive full-color art, highlights the importance of friendship and the need to reach for the sky.
Blurb for Book 3 ... and the Great Friend Expedition: Sydney and Taylor have been best friends since before they can remember. But how does one make new friends? Taylor wants to try, so Sydney does what any best friend would do: accompany him on his biggest adventure yet! When sincere compliments and gifts of friendship don't lead anywhere, Sydney and Taylor may need to look where they least expect . . .
One of the MOST important sections of a school library (and a bookshop) is the space set aside for easy chapter books - those with very satisfying stories - not readers or formulaic series. And these books work best if they have colour illustrations and are from a series with a small number of titles. There are not many good examples of this that have been published here in Australia in recent years but there are good books that do come our way from the US and UK and luckily because we speak English our readers can access and enjoy them. There are three books in the Sydney and Taylor series:
It is fun that many of books that fall into this category contain unlikely friends such as our skunk and hedgehog from the series I mentioned today. Other fantastic junior each chapter books I recommend:
These are newer junior chapter and easy chapter book series from here in Australia that I also highly recommend:
Companion books to read after the first installment of Sydney and Taylor; Explore the whole wide world:
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