Publisher Description

Age range 9 to 12Set in the faraway (and terrible-smelling) land of Rancidia, where it's good to smell bad and bad to smell good, this uproarious send-up of Snow White follows the adventures of a profoundly stinky Hobgoblin as he flees the jealous wrath of a monstrous, democracy-hating ogre tyrant named Fiddlefart.Along the way, he joins forces with the Seven Stinkers - an outcast band of foul-smelling creatures (Grody the bog monster, Yucky the skunk ape, Icky the sloth, Musty the mummy, Fusty the moldy pirate skeleton, Poot the sentient dung ball, and Toot, the dung beetle), the adorable barking spiders, and a mysterious squirrel known only as The Huntress.

Author Biography

Kyle Sullivan is a writer based in Portland, Oregon. His titles for children include Zombie, Or Not to Be, The Cyclops Witch and the Heebie-Jeebies, Monster ABC, Hush Now, Banshee! and Goodnight Krampus.Derek Sullivan is a Seattle-based illustrator. He has illustrated many books for children including Party Croc!: A Folktale from Zimbabwe for Albert Whitman & Company; and Zombie, Or Not to Be, The Cyclops Witch and the Heebie-Jeebies, Monster ABC, Goodnight Krampus, and Get Dressed, Sasquatch! for Hazy Dell Press.

Review

…A Kirkus Best Book of 2019…Foreword 2019 INDIES Book of the Year Award Winner…A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Middle-Grade Book for Fall 2019…"Readers will giggle through every page of this smart political satire. As the stench-loving Rancidians would say: It stinks!" — Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Engages hard-to-please tween readers with imaginative adventure, fun illustrations [and] silly fart references...Read it together at bedtime to share laughter and a positive message of empathy and inclusivity." — The Seattle Times"[A] hilarious second coming of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs…This story is like nothing you've ever read before…You'll instantly fart with glee[.]" — Literary Features Syndicate

Promotional

Print Run: 10,000Co-op availableGalleys availableNational advertising plan likely to include Shelf AwarenessBooth presence and author/illustrator signings at major events including: San Diego Comic Con, WonderCon, ALA Midwinter, Seattle Children's Book Festival, Portland Book Festival (formerly known as Wordstock), Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle), Rose City Comic Con (Portland)Online promotion and social media campaign: Instagram paid ads, Facebook paid ads, Amazon AdWordsComprehensive education guides aligned with Common Core State Standards available for free at teachingbooks.net and on publisher websiteEbook will be available at same time as print publicationPromotion through author website: hazydellpress.comWill be aligned to Common Core Standards and Lexile Measured

Long Description

Age range 9 to 12 Set in the faraway (and terrible-smelling) land of Rancidia, where it's good to smell bad and bad to smell good, this uproarious send-up of Snow White follows the adventures of a profoundly stinky Hobgoblin as he flees the jealous wrath of a monstrous, democracy-hating ogre tyrant named Fiddlefart. Along the way, he joins forces with the Seven Stinkers -- an outcast band of foul-smelling creatures (Grody the bog monster, Yucky the skunk ape, Icky the sloth, Musty the mummy, Fusty the moldy pirate skeleton, Poot the sentient dung ball, and Toot, the dung beetle), the adorable barking spiders, and a mysterious squirrel known only as The Huntress.

Review Quote

*"Readers will giggle through every page of this smart political satire. As the stench-loving Rancidians would say: It stinks!" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review *A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Middle-Grade Book for Fall 2019 "Engages hard-to-please tween readers with imaginative adventure, fun illustrations [and] silly fart references...Read it together at bedtime to share laughter and a positive message of empathy and inclusivity." --The Seattle Times "[A] hilarious second coming of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...This story is like nothing you've ever read before...You'll instantly fart with glee[.]"--Literary Features Syndicate

Description for Sales People

Book #1 in the Hazy Fables middle-grade series Stars Hobgoblin, the breakout character from 2018's Monster ABC Balances fart jokes with the larger themes of democracy, the importance of working together, loving one another and always resisting bigotry in all of its forms Hazy Fables #2, Zombie, Or Not to Be , will publish in September 2020 Beautiful black & white illustrations throughout bring the characters and setting of Rancidia to vivid life. The first entry in a planned anthology series that enliven classic stories and fairy tales with modern contexts and popular monsters including aliens, zombies and more.

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