Unicornia: A Magical Birthday

by Ana Punset, Diana Vicedo (Illustrator)

Overview

Wishes, presents, rides, and . . . unicorns! This second sparkling adventure in an upbeat series will captivate chapter book readers.

There is only one thing better than a birthday party—a birthday party in Unicornia! Here the cakes are enchanted, the candies change flavor, and the theme parks are covered in glitter. But Pippa’s birthday has started off on the wrong foot, and her friends must think quickly to turn disaster into great fun. Luckily for them, they live in the most magical place ever!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536240993
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	01/07/2025
Series:	Unicornia , #2
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Ana Punset is a best-selling author of books for children, including the first book in the Unicornia series, Unicornia: Learning to Fly. She lives in Barcelona and has always dreamed of flying with unicorns.

Diana Vicedo has been a freelance illustrator for more than ten years. Her illustrations have appeared in children’s books and on designs for children's fashion, games, motion graphics, and apps. She is the illustrator of the first book in the Unicornia series, Unicornia: Learning to Fly. She lives in Valencia, Spain.

Editorial Reviews

2024-10-12
More adventures in Unicornia.

Claudia loves everything about her new home, a magical city created to safeguard unicorns. She and her pal Sara are excited to celebrate their BFF Pippa’s birthday. Pippa’s parents travel the globe, looking for lost unicorns, and Pippa barely sees them. When their plans to return home for her birthday fall through due to a snowstorm, a disappointed Pippa cancels her party. But at her friends’ urging, she agrees to accompany them to the amusement park. When the girls get stuck at the top of a flying Ferris wheel, the Emergency Unicorns—Unicornia’s version of first responders—come to the rescue. Translated from Spanish, the tale wraps up with an all-sweets picnic, including a magical cake that gives eaters the ability to perform handstands, somersaults, and flying pirouettes. Unicornia isn’t all cotton candy and glittery drinks—vegetable soup appears once, slurped down quickly to get to dessert—but magic-infused concoctions are the order of the day. Though Claudia expresses some uncertainty, she narrates in a chipper tone; conflicts are easily resolved, and frowns swiftly turn to smiles. The turquoise-tinged cartoon illustrations differentiate the girls by hairstyle and color; characters have skin the white of the page. If readers’ appetite for heart-shaped cupcakes and quadruple-chocolate cookies isn’t sated, more sequels follow. The events of the first installment aren’t recapped, so newcomers may want to start there.

Frothy unicorn fun.(Chapter book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews

Frothy unicorn fun.
—Kirkus Reviews

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