Michael controls his love for candy and sweets as he helps a Unicorn on a quest through a land of candy to find the unicorn's horn. Includes writing prompts and a recipe for rock candy.
A team of extinct animals embark on top-secret missions around the world in this new graphic novel series! Meet Scratch, Martie, Lug, and Quito, members of a secret organization called R.O.A.R., or the Rescue Ops Acquisition Rangers. When their boss, Dr. Z, finally calls on them for their first big mission, the team heads to Siberia to retrieve an ancient unicorn horn from the thawing permafrost. Scratch is thrilled at the chance to prove his worth to Dr. Z—but as soon as they land, the team runs into a mysterious enemy determined to take them down. With exciting missions, plenty of humor, and an environmental angle, this series starter from New York Times bestselling illustrator Scott Magoon is an action-packed adventure from start to finish. The book will also include nonfiction back matter about extinct animals, climate change, and what kids can do to help!
Shortlisted for the 2020 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. This magical and fun-filled story about how unicorns got their horns is the first in a new series about how magical creatures came to have their gifts. Do you know how unicorns got their horns? It all began once upon a magic forest, when a little girl called June discovered tiny horses learning how to fly in her garden. But one of the poor horses couldn't fly at all! So, with the help of her parents, June thought of a very sweet and very delicious way to make her new friend happy. I wonder what it could have been... 'A lovely, heart-warming story, beautifully illustrated, with warm, friendly characters' --Parents in Touch 'Themes of kindness, perseverance and never being afraid to ask for help are threaded into this joyful tale full of magic, colour and happiness' --Library Mice Don't miss Beatrice Blue's second book, Once Upon a Dragon's Fire, coming in March 2020!
“Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.” — Washington Post Book World From Biblical stories about virgins to adventures with Harry Potter, unicorns have enchanted people for millennia. In the endlessly fascinating The Natural History of Unicorns, author Chris Lavers ingeniously traces the legend of this mysterious creature to the real people, places, and animals that have influenced its story.
An illuminated manuscript setting forth the fictional fifteenth-century diary of one Magnalucius, who records his first-hand observations of unicorns along with the facts he has learned about their natural history.
Volume One of the Firebringer Trilogy Jan, the prince of the unicorns, is high-spirited, reckless-and the despair of his mighty father, Korr. Reluctantly, Korr allows Jan to accompany the other initiate warriors on a pilgrimage. Soon Jan's curiosity leads him, along with his friend Dagg, and their mentor, the female warrior Tek, into the greatest dangers-deadly gryphons, sly pans, wyverns, pards, and renegade unicorns. Yet time after time they are rescued, leading Jan to wonder: Am I the heir to a special destiny? "The language is poetic, with wonderful rhythm and sweeping images...The world is a compelling one, and Jan is a dramatic hero."—Booklist
'So ya want ta know the story of Mark Kurrian too? Well, ya not be the first, nor will ya be the last I suppose, to have asked about Mark Kurrian...' Max Garrett always knew there was something strange about Mark Kurrian, something very special. Perhaps it was Max alone who noticed Kurrian's most puzzling traits, but indeed there was something extraordinary. And when Max's mother is on her deathbed, Mark Kurrian soon becomes much more than just a friend. Kurrian becomes a guide, leading Max on a remarkable quest into the land of Serenium. There they seek a unicorn horn that alone can heal Max's mother. Yet their task will not be easy, as the wicked ruler, Kedron Lorcan, has two of the three remaining unicorns held captive. As they enter Serenium, Kurrian quickly realizes the land is not as he left it. Lorcan, having won the Dark Wars, has everyone now living in fear. With no one daring to help them, they are forced to seek the aid of the notorious, outcast pirate, Peg-Leg Bill. But their journey becomes more terrifying and adventurous with each step as they battle a host of Serenium's hideous beasts and creatures of the land and seas. Leprechauns, Unicorns, and Mark Kurrian by Curtis Cornell is fashioned in the style of many classic fairy tales, taking the reader into a new and exciting land of mystery, heroics, suspense, and wonder. Enter into the world of Serenium. Enter into the world of Mark Kurrian.