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When Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she is so excited! She sends in her 25 cents and waits four to six long weeks for her very own unicorn to arrive. She imagines his beautiful pink mane, the flowers that she'll braid into it, and 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, he has fleas! What luck. But Lucy quickly warms up to Sparkle and realises maybe he's not so bad after all.

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A yummy little morsel. Booklist with praise for Don't Eat the Baby The layout is clean and well designed, and lively acrylic illustrations are done in bright colors School Library Journal with praise for Don't Eat the Baby The artwork swirls about in bright blues, pinks, and purples while the page layout and Belinda's odd but beautifully positioned and danced jet s, r verences, and arabesques deserve bravas and applause. School Library Journal with praise for Belinda, the Ballerina For every young dancer who finds that her body is not perfect (that is, almost every young dancer), the story puts physical defects into perspective and offers something to laugh about at the same time. Booklist with praise for Belinda, the Ballerina And Young hits all the visual beats, creating something likable and appealing. Yet there are moments of greater promise the ad on the back cover, with its zinelike look; the girlcentric endpapers (rainbows! cupcakes! butterflies! stars! goat?!?) that hint at something edgier and more distinctive that hasn't quite developed.A tale about coming to love someone or something for who they are and not what one hopes them to be: a pleasant addition to the odd-couple shelf. Kirkus '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. Her message to readers is clear: self-awareness and finding a soul mate don t always come easily. PW This is a humorous and charming story about managing unrealistic expectations, choosing a pet, and acting responsibly...This funny, heartfelt story about a girl and her not-so-perfect unicorn will be a hit for storytime or one-on-one sharing SLJ

A yummy little morsel. Booklist with praise for Don't Eat the Baby The layout is clean and well designed, and lively acrylic illustrations are done in bright colors School Library Journal with praise for Don't Eat the Baby The artwork swirls about in bright blues, pinks, and purples while the page layout and Belinda's odd but beautifully positioned and danced jet s, r verences, and arabesques deserve bravas and applause. School Library Journal with praise for Belinda, the Ballerina For every young dancer who finds that her body is not perfect (that is, almost every young dancer), the story puts physical defects into perspective and offers something to laugh about at the same time. Booklist with praise for Belinda, the Ballerina And Young hits all the visual beats, creating something likable and appealing. Yet there are moments of greater promise the ad on the back cover, with its zinelike look; the girlcentric endpapers (rainbows! cupcakes! butterflies! stars! goat?!?) that hint at something edgier and more distinctive that hasn't quite developed.A tale about coming to love someone or something for who they are and not what one hopes them to be: a pleasant addition to the odd-couple shelf. Kirkus '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. Her message to readers is clear: self-awareness and finding a soul mate don t always come easily. PW

Author Information

Amy Young was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and though she trained and practised 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. Currently, she lives in Spring Lake, Michigan, with her husband. Visit her online at amyyoungart.com.

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