Phoebe and Her Unicorn

This comic is about Phoebe and her new friend, a unicorn named Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. Marigold Heavenly Nostrils! Really, that is all you need to know to purchase this comic. Just love that funny and clever name! This is a comic book series for grades 4 and up. I read this as part of a reading challenge to read a comic written and illustrated by the same person. This is apparently a syndicated comic now available in book form. There are multiple books in the series. Phoebe is in 4th grade and the other kids think she is a nerd. The most popular girl calls her names like Princess Stupidbutt. Phoebe is throwing rocks in a pond when she hits Marigold by mistake. Marigold grants her a wish. Phoebe wishes for Marigold to be her best friend. The rest of the book tells of their adventures and how other people react to Marigold. I am not a big reader of comics. As a child I preferred a book to a comic. However, this is really well done. The drawings are cute and the characters display a lot of emotion. The text is sweet and funny. The humor will appeal to both adults and children, who will understand the narrative on different levels. This is a story of friendship and both Phoebe and Marigold have a lot to teach each other. The first book leaves me interested to learn how the relationship develops between Phoebe and Marigold. I think this would be a fun book to read with a child. I read this as an ebook, and the illustrations looked good, typically three to four panels to a page. And a final time: Marigold Heavenly Nostrils!

Phoebe and her Unicorn is an ongoing newspaper comic, so this is just the first in a long series of books that is still being written, the latest as of this comment is volume #17 with volume #18 up for preorder. When I first stumbled upon this comic strip I immediately fell in love with the characters. Phoebe is a girl with a delightfully weird and quirky personality, who becomes best friends with the unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils through chance, and the comic is mostly about their quite believable and wholesome friendship, as well as the wacky hijinks that result from Marigold introducing Phoebe to some facet of unicorn culture. Other notable characters include Dakota--the stereotypical popular girl who is secretly kind of nice beneath her callous exterior, Prunella the Queen of the Goblins, Lord Splendid Humility--a unicorn who is so humble that he hides in bushes and goes through ridiculous lengths to conceal his splendidness, Todd--a miniature dragon that breathes candy and speaks only in 'Rar's, Phoebe's parents, and Max. I can't recommend this book series enough. Although it's targeted mainly toward young girls, I (an adult man) personally found it to be hilarious, wholesome, imaginative, and heartwarming, and the other members of my family I have introduced to it have all agreed. The only thing I suggest is, you should probably spring for the boxed set of volumes 1-4, I went through the first book in like, an hour and had to go back on amazon right away to get the next few of them.

Fun graphic novel for my 6 year old, definitely a little old for her but still fun for her to learn to read!

We discovered this book series through a free book prize from a summer reading program. My 9-year-old daughter devoured the first book and has read the entire series. She is halfway through re-reading the book series. She loves that the books make her laugh. I appreciate the great vocabulary in the books. My daughter has a really hard time putting these books down for anything we want her to do. I can't believe I have to sternly tell my daughter to stop reading to get ready to go to an appointment or wherever it is we need to go because she has such a hard time putting these books down. I used to say, "Honey, put the iPad away, it's time to go." Now it's, "Sweetheart, book the 'Phoebe and Her Unicorn' book away, we have got to leave now. This is the highest compliment we can give. We hope the author will continue to publish more books soon.

Phoebe is an energetic young girl with too much imagination, her Unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils is more lackadaisical, content with her own fabulousness. And they are best friends. It's easy to compare this collection of daily comics to Calvin and Hobbs, Like Calvin Phoebe is filled with imagination as well as the pettiness, cruelty and greed that any child has. Marigold is calming and wise but also vain and conceited. And their interaction can lead to some funny jokes. I got this for our two young girls and it provided several nights' bedtime stories. I'm not sure I would pick it up for myself but did the job of entertaining both the kids and adults. We may pick up more.

Gran descubrimiento. Mi hija de 8 años os lo recomienda ;) Está como loca por recibir el resto de la serie. No es de extrañar. Adora los unicornios y los cómics.

This book is packed with funny scenarios featuring Pheobe and her friend. Pheobe is a bit crazy (in a fun way) and adventurous. When she faces a problem, she seeks help from her friend, a magical unicorn, who is full of herself and sometimes takes things too literally which is what makes the book humorous. The 2 friends with 2 very different characters meet each other by a throw of a pebble (know more by reading the book). They stick together and ride in the train of adventure and mysteries throughout.

I like the relationship because it seems silly and it seems fun and there’s a punchline but what I really like about the relationship… Is about how they sometimes have each other’s back and act like friends would do. Slumber parties popcorn with a movie silly frilly skirts doing dramatic intros in class well… that’s not really what friends do jumping in the window saying tada and being friends with a unicorn but they’re still friends and I love it!

An awesome collection! My 6 years old loves reading and re-reading the comics. The characters are funny, sassy and empowering. The style is sophisticated and sarcastic but also engaging and amusing for readers.

Hace un tiempo descubrí este comic en una página web y me encantó, cuando me enteré que se publicó una edición física en formato libro sabía que comprarlo y fue decisión correcta, es divertidísimo tanto como Marigold y Phoebe. A pesar de su apariencia de ser un libro para niñas no lo es, es un webcomic y fue hecho para público de todas las edades y géneros con una comprensión lectora un poco mayor a un niño ya que a pesar ser completamente blanco y puro su humor está basado en la inteligencia y el sarcasmo. Una pieza más que tienes que descubrir, puedes leer el comic en linea completamente gratis para darte una idea de como es y si te gusta, creeme, amarás la versión impresa. PD: Ordenalo en importación me salio mas barato y me llego antes de lo previsto. PD2: Si, el libro en su totalidad de 215 paginas esta en Ingles, asi que tienes que saber el idioma.