这是一本非常温和甚至温馨的，诠释离别、失去甚至死亡的书。
獾老了，他在看伙伴们玩耍的时候，明显觉得自己非常疲惫，开始有了悲观的想法。
晚上回到家，獾看着月亮，迷迷糊糊的，他好像做梦一样，觉得自己向一条隧道跑去，他感觉浑身越来越有力了……
第二天，伙伴们发现，獾已经“走了”。他们开始沉浸在悲伤中……不断回忆起獾教给自己的本领，或者带给自己的欢乐。过了很久，他们感觉獾还会看到他们玩耍，心里怀念獾。

　　This book is about the death and life of someone very special. Badger was a friend, and almost everyone who knew him had warm and loving memories of when he was living with them. At first, those who loved Badger felt overwhelmed by their loss. In time though, whenever Badger's name was mentioned, someone would recall something about him that made them all smile. And Badger was part of their lives once more.

　　Susan Varley was born in Blackpool, England, in 1961, and studied illustration and graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic. She is the author-illustrator of Badger’s Parting Gifts, for which she won the Mother Goose Award as "the most exciting newcomer to British children’s book illustration."