![]() ![]() ![]() Her message to readers is clear: self-awareness and finding a soul mate don't always come easily. "She had to admit: sometimes he made her smile and sometimes he made her laugh," writes Young (Don't Eat the Baby!), whose storytelling and watercolor cartooning are spot-on in their comic timing. When Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she sends in her twenty-five cents and. Clearly, Sparkle will never be the flashy showpiece Lucy dreamed of but maybe Lucy isn't the dainty princess type, either. Come to think of it, he's as stubborn as Lucy, with her relentless insistence that Sparkle is really a unicorn and therefore should wear a flower necklace and tutu (both of which prove edible). A Unicorn Named Sparkle: A Picture Book (A Unicorn Named Sparkle, 1) Book 1 of 4: A Unicorn Named Sparkle by Amy Young 622 Hardcover 103716.99 FREE delivery Fri, Apr 28 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon Or fastest delivery Wed, Apr 26 More Buying Choices 1. He also smells like a goat, eats like a goat, and is stubborn like a goat. ![]() ![]() The specimen that shows up, however, looks a lot like a goat. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 16. After sending away for a mail-order unicorn (only 25 cents!), Young's heroine, Lucy, fantasizes about naming him Sparkle, garlanding him with flowers, and riding over rainbows on his back. ![]()
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