A Good Team (Unicorn and Yeti Series #2)

by Heather Ayris Burnell, Hazel Quintanilla (Illustrator)

Overview

Magical friends Unicorn and Yeti love to play games.

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! Yeti is good at kicking the ball.Unicorn cannot kick the ball. Unicorn is good at running races.Yeti cannot run fast. Unicorn and Yeti play ring toss, run a race, and go ice skating. These laugh-out-loud stories with full-color artwork and easy-to-read text throughout are perfect for new readers!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338329049
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Series:	Unicorn and Yeti Series , #2
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	92,748
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Hazel Quintanilla lives in Guatemala where she illustrates children's books, magazines, and games. She also has a secret:Unicorn and Yeti remind Hazel of her sister and brother. Her siblings are silly, funny, and quirky — just like the characters!
Heather Ayris Burnell lives in Washington State where she loves spending time in the sparkly snow. Heather is a librarian and the author of Kick! Jump! Chop! The Adventures of the Ninjabread Man. Unicorn and Yeti is her first early reader series.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for A Good Team (Unicorn and Yeti #2):"Quintanilla's colorful, expressive art and Burnell's infectiously whimsical tone make their own good team... more sparkly, delightfully silly fun for Unicorn and Yeti fans." —- Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Sparkly New Friends (Unicorn and Yeti #1):"It's impossible not to smile while reading about the fantastical pair gallivanting through this petite early reader, perfectly sized for small hands. This charming book is divided into three short stories about the friendship between a sparkly pink unicorn and a fluffy white yeti... the engaging characters and simple stories are made all the more amiable by Quintanilla's whimsical, candy-colored illustrations. Humor and positivity abound in this winning series starter that is a natural fit for Elephant & Piggie fans." —- Booklist"Sparkly, innocent, feel-good fun for readers needing just a bit of extra support before moving on to early chapter books." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

05/10/2019

K-Gr 1-This second entry in the series follows three separate adventures of two unlikely mythical creature friends who are honest with each other, listen to each other, and are willing to try new experiences together. Characters speak in color-coded speech bubbles (orange for Yeti and purple for Unicorn) and each adventure is contained in a short chapter which can be read alone. Taken together, the stories show a special friendship. The tales have humor (a ball gets stuck on Unicorn's horn) and some magic (Unicorn can make ice skates and hot cocoa appear when needed). The cheerful illustrations and buoyant text will be extremely appealing to children, particularly given the current unicorn frenzy. VERDICT An engaging addition for all elementary school libraries.-Sally James, South Hillsborough Elementary School, CA

School Library Journal

2019-04-14
Pals Unicorn and Yeti return for a second, teamwork-filled adventure!

In the first of three short chapters, Yeti, who is good at kicking, invites Unicorn to play ball. As it turns out, Unicorn is not so good at kicking. Unicorn thinks they're better at bouncing, but, sadly, the ball just gets stuck on their horn. When Yeti pulls the ball off the horn—POP!—the ball turns into a ring. The pair maintains their positivity by switching to a ring-toss game. In subsequent chapters, Unicorn and Yeti try a racing game (once they can agree on the method) and ice skating (once Unicorn figures out bipedal movement). Throughout, they stay on message: The best fun happens with strengths-based collaboration. Excluding a sentence that sets the scene and a short narrative action sequence, the majority of the story is told through dialogue. As with the first book, dialogue is color-coded (purple for Yeti; orange for Unicorn). The comic-book format mixes panel shapes and sizes, at most six per double-page spread. Repetitive dialogue helpfully recycles phrases and never exceeds three short sentences per speech bubble. Some words are bolded for emphasis. Yeti is identified with the masculine pronoun, but Unicorn is ungendered. Quintanilla's colorful, expressive art and Burnell's infectiously whimsical tone make their own good team. The final page includes instructions on how to draw Yeti and a short creative prompt.

More sparkly, delightfully silly fun for Unicorn and Yeti fans. (Graphic early reader. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews