Bucky Badger stars in colorful children’s tale

Chris Newbold, a 1993 UW-Madison graduate, recognized the wide appeal of Bucky Badger (Bucky has more than 18,000 fans on Facebook) and turned his passion for his alma mater into “The Big Bucky Badger Mystery” (University Pride Publishing, $21.95). Writing a children’s book with Bucky as the main character was “the perfect project,” Newbold said in a phone interview from his home in Missoula, Mont. “It’s a way to give back to the community and the UW, while at the same time bringing smiles to kids’ faces.”