A Unicorn Named Sparkle: A Picture Book

When Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she sends in her twenty-five cents and waits four to six long weeks for her very own unicorn to arrive. She imagines the flowers that she'll braid into his beautiful pink mane, and she even picks the perfect name for him: Sparkle. But when Sparkle arrives, his ears are too long, his horn is too short, he smells funny--and oh, he has fleas. Lucy isn't pleased, but in the end she warms up to Sparkle and realizes that even though he wasn't exactly the unicorn she wanted, he might be just the one she needs.

Author: Amy Young
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 07/05/2016
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 10.38h x 8.38w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780374301859
Audience: Baby-Preschool

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 188885 / Unicorn Named Sparkle


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/25/2016
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2016
School Library Journal 06/01/2016 pg. 86
Shelf Awareness 08/19/2016

About the Author
Amy Young was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and though she trained and practiced as a lawyer, she has always wanted to be an artist. Her first picture book, which she wrote and illustrated, was Belinda the Ballerina. Since then, she has written and illustrated many picture books. She lives in Spring Lake, Michigan, with her husband.