If Ur Stabby

by Kaz Windness, Kaz Windness (Artist)

Overview

Who’s positively magical and ready for sunshine, giggles, and sliding down rainbows? Not Stabby! Meet the world’s surliest unicorn. This stab-happy unicorn is a fan-favorite character from “Mother Goth Rhymes” (www.mothergothrhymes.com Hermes Press, Halloween 2020) and now he’s getting his own book! “If UR Stabby” follows Stabby as he deals with life’s challenges the only way he knows how—horn first. “If UR Stabby” is a teen and adult humor book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613452059
Publisher:	Hermes Press
Publication date:	08/10/2021
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	445,706
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

About the Author

Kaz Windness is an author-illustrator who loves to make her readers laugh. When she's not writing or illustrating books, Kaz teaches illustration at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and enjoys making deep-dish pizza. Kaz lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, two children, and Boston terrier. She's the author of picture books Swim, Jim! and Bitsy Bat, School Star. She also created the Level 1 Read--to-Read Graphics Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends.

Editorial Reviews

KIRKUS — Not all unicorns are full of sunshine, magic, and smiles; some are surly, sarcastic, and hostile. Stabby, a stout, churlish, teal-colored unicorn, stars in this collection of stand-alone cartoons, paneled strips, reimagined tarot cards, and funny re-imaginings of iconic images, such as Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring featuring Stabby with a bloody horn and an eye dangling from his ear. Starting with the “Stabginnings” and a darker rendition of “If You're Happy and You Know It,” the tone is set as readers see Stabby through a series of job fails such as balloon seller ruining the merchandise or team-building coach whose horn proves deathly in trust falls. A dejected looking Stabby walks through a grocery store stocked with cereals like “Infeerios” and “Shredded Mini Dreams.” Stabby is often gender ambiguous but is noted as the father of assorted hybrid horned zoo animals. In a nod to current events, the irascible unicorn appears as a writer, literally juggling lots of plates when Pandemic, a red-eyed panda, shows up, smashing them all. This collection leans into the macabre-the number of skewered eyes alone is unfathomable-and the gallows humor could easily make it a cult favorite. The color illustrations have verve and energy, perfectly matching the mood of the collection. An expression of our dark inner demons that is both hilarious and cathartic. (Graphic humor. 14-adult)

From the Publisher

2020-12-22
Not all unicorns are full of sunshine, magic, and smiles; some are surly, sarcastic, and hostile.

Stabby, a stout, churlish, teal-colored unicorn, stars in this collection of stand-alone cartoons, paneled strips, reimagined tarot cards, and funny re-imaginings of iconic images, such as Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring featuring Stabby with a bloody horn and an eye dangling from his ear. Starting with the “Stabginnings” and a darker rendition of “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” the tone is set as readers see Stabby through a series of job fails such as balloon seller ruining the merchandise or team-building coach whose horn proves deathly in trust falls. A dejected looking Stabby walks through a grocery store stocked with cereals like “Infeerios” and “Shredded Mini Dreams.” Stabby is often gender ambiguous but is noted as the father of assorted hybrid horned zoo animals. In a nod to current events, the irascible unicorn appears as a writer, literally juggling lots of plates when Pandemic, a red-eyed panda, shows up, smashing them all. This collection leans into the macabre—the number of skewered eyes alone is unfathomable—and the gallows humor could easily make it a cult favorite. The color illustrations have verve and energy, perfectly matching the mood of the collection.

An expression of our dark inner demons that is both hilarious and cathartic. (Graphic humor. 14-adult)

Kirkus Reviews