![]() ![]() Her message to readers is clear: self-awareness and finding a soul mate don’t always come easily. ![]() In this new story from childrens book author and illustrator Amy Young. “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. In A Unicorn Named Sparkle, Lucy found out that the unicorn she thought she. Amy Young was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and though she trained and practiced as a lawyer, she has always wanted to be an artist. ![]() Clearly, Sparkle will never be the flashy showpiece Lucy dreamed of-but maybe Lucy isn’t the dainty princess type, either. Author and artist Amy Youngs A Unicorn Named Sparkle picture book series for young readers are beautifully illustrated stories of friendship and love. ![]() 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). He also smells like a goat, eats like a goat, and is stubborn like a goat. A Unicorn Named Sparkle 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. The specimen that shows up, however, looks a lot like a goat. 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. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |