into the land of the unicorns by bruce coville

But Roger is afraid of trying new things. “Lily the unicorn loves making new friends and going on adventures! So when Lily meets her new pal, Roger the penguin, she plans all sorts of fun for them. Here’s hoping for more unicorn books from a wider array of voices in the future-because unicorns are for everyone.Īre there any awesome unicorn books I missed, either favorites from your childhood or new releases? Let us know in the comments! I spent days sifting through unicorn books and failed pretty hard when it came to locating more written by authors of color perhaps it’s an issue of the specificity of the topic. I’ve separated these books about unicorns loosely by age group, but does age really matter to unicorns? I will note that this book list turned out very white, almost entirely so. Here’s a list of 50 books about unicorns (not just unicorns as “also appearing”), both old and new, that are well worth reading. And while I think dragons have taken over fantasy that involves magical creatures, unicorns are still gamely hanging onto the written word, just waiting for their chance to take over again.

I’m not sure when dragons suddenly took over from unicorns as being “cooler” in my brain, but they never fully expunged these magical horses and their stab-a-guy-ready horns. (Sept.I don’t know about you, but I went through a serious unicorn phase when I was a kid, which lasted well into high school not because of Lisa Frank, but rather thanks to Sue Dawe and her ability to make unicorns look like they were all stepping off of a heavy metal album cover. Fantasy fans might be content with the headlong pacing, but most will hope that future installments will include more fluid writing and less convoluted plot lines. Cara's loyalties are severely tested, leaving plenty of room for a sequel. But drama builds with the revelation that the hunter is none other than Cara's father (who long ago abandoned her) no stock villain, he is given plausible motives for his inimical deeds. The plot jumps from one episode to the next, and can be confusing. Aided by a young unicorn and an assortment of odd creatures, including Dimblethum (``He looked like a bear that had started to become a man but hadn't finished the process'') and Squijum (``a cross between a monkey and a squirrel''), Cara embarks on a number of dangerous adventures. The girl lands in Luster, the land of the unicorns, and tries to unravel the mystery surrounding the amulet even as she continues to elude the hunter.

A nameless hunter pursues Cara and her grandmother into an empty church, where the grandmother gives Cara her amulet-along with the bewildering instructions to jump from the church tower at the twelfth toll of the bell. Coville's (My Teacher Is an Alien) mild fantasy, the first in the projected Unicorn Chronicles, opens promisingly, with a suspenseful chase scene, but somewhat dissipates its force.

Into the land of the unicorns by bruce coville