Hello, My Name Is Octicorn by Kevin Diller, Binny Talib, Justin Lowe

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For Frankie, Milo, and Marni —K.D. For Laurie Lowe (and for the Octicorn in all of us) —J.L.

Balzer + Bray is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Hello, My Name Is Octicorn Text copyright © 2011, 2016 by Kevin Diller Illustrations copyright © 2011, 2016 by Justin Lowe All rights reserved. Printed in China.

Since this is just legal copy that no one will read anyway, we are hiding another dedication here: For Dani Guralnick, Janet Champ, Michael Folino—and for everyone who ever felt different. —Justin and Kevin No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007. www.harpercollinschildrens.com Library of Congress Control Number: 2015951002 ISBN 978-0-06-238793-6 16 17 18 19 20 SCP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 v Previously published in somewhat different form by Octicorn Studios in 2013.

First HarperCollins Children’s Books Edition

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HELLO, MY NAME IS

Created by

Kevin Diller & Justin Low e additional illustrations by

Binny Talib

BALZER + BRAY An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

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Hi, everyone. I’ m Octi.

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What?

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Haven’t you ever seen an octicorn before?

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We’re half octopus, half unicorn. so okay, maybe we are kind of rare.

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