{"product_id":"i-parrot-isbn-9781936787654","title":"I, Parrot","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[Unferth's] language is sly and bitterly funny, matched in mood by Haidle’s monochromatic, inkwash–style artwork, which plays up the story’s whimsy as well as its sadness.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaphne is willing to risk everything to get her son back. Surreal, funny and deeply affecting, \u003ci\u003eI, Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale of mother, a son, forty–two endangered parrots, and a fierce search for redemption and a \"freer world.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Daphne loses custody of her son, she is willing to do whatever it takes to get him back—even if it means enlisting the help of the wayward love of her life, a trio of housepainters, a flock of passenger pigeons, a landlady from hell, a super–sized bag of mite–killing powder, and more parrots than she knows what to do with. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI, Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e, by acclaimed author Deb Olin Unferth with stunning illustrations by artist Elizabeth Haidle, dips into the surreal with poignancy and humor. In this riveting, funny, and tragic graphic novel, Daphne must risk everything. Her quest is ultimately a tale about civilization’s decline, the heartbreak of extinction, and the redemption found in individual revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lovingly crafted world of gray, at once complex and weightless.” —Roman Muradov, author of \u003ci\u003eLost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eI, Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e by Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Unferth's] language is sly and bitterly funny, matched in mood by Haidle’s monochromatic, inkwash–style artwork, which plays up the story’s whimsy as well as its sadness.\"\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't know anything about birds, but I do know good comics, and this is one.\"\" —\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unferth dexterously juggles pathos and humor in her debut graphic novel, an intimate and contemplative reflection on the slow revelatory dawning of what it means to care for something—or someone. . . . Unexpectedly funny, sad, scary, affirming and totally engrossing.\"\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] winningly surreal collaboration. . . . Unferth impresses with strong characterizations and a tightrope tragicomic tone. Haidle's spare, cartoony, Mary Blair–ish illustrations, impressively rendered in grayscale—especially the 20 different species of parrots and the characters' permanent, 'rosy' blush—and her retro–futuristic, all–caps style perfectly complement the colorful, off–kilter tale of a woman redirecting the sails of her story.\"\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Haidle brings more than just design expertise. Her simple, crisp grayscale images set the tone for the story: a dreamlike softness evoked by the mid–20th century modernist cartoon figures, overlaid with the textural complexity of watercolor, but stripped of color.\"\" —\u003ci\u003eMultiversity Comics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deftly observed, sad, and ultimately hopeful fable about civilization, wildness, and love.” —Molly Crabapple, author of \u003ci\u003eDrawing Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eI, Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully renders the weird in–betweenness of life. It illuminates the messy: custody battles, insecticide hazards, the hairpin paths of love.” —Leanne Shapton, author of \u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lovingly crafted world of gray, at once complex and weightless.” —Roman Muradov, author of \u003ci\u003eLost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeb Olin Unferth\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eWait Till You See Me Dance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRevolution\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Magazine, The Paris Review, Granta,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Austin, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Haidle\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance artist based in Portland, Oregon. She is the creative director and regular contributor at \u003ci\u003eIllustoria\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, while writing and illustrating a nonfiction graphic novel series and raising her teenage son.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300134605029,"sku":"NP9781936787654","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781936787654.jpg?v=1767729693","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/i-parrot-isbn-9781936787654","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}