Unicorns

by Lucille Recht Penner

Overview

Persian unicorns are fierce fighters. Japanese unicorns are just. European unicorns are peaceful. But all unicorns have one thing in common. They are magic! Learn all about unicorn legends, including why people truly believed in them, in this fascinating companion to Dragons.
Beautiful full-color illustrations accompany the easy-to-read text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307560902
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/16/2009
Series:	A Stepping Stone Book(TM): A Stepping Stone Book Fantasy
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Lucille Recht Penner is the author of many nonfiction books for kids, including Dinosaur Babies and Monster Bugs in Random House’s Step into Reading program. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Table of Contents

1	The Unicorn Myth	1
2	The European Unicorn	6
3	The Ki-lin and the Kirin	11
4	The Karkadann	19
5	How to Capture a Unicorn	23
6	Unicorn Magic	29
7	Sea Unicorns?	33
8	A Living Unicorn	38

Editorial Reviews

Penner explores the mysterious legends of the unicorn from around the world in this beginning chapter book in the Stepping Stones series that follows the same format the author used for her previous exploration of dragon legends. The attractive cover shows a white unicorn silhouetted against a turquoise sky, with a circular logo clearly stating the work is fantasy. However, the boundaries of fact and legend are not so clear within the text. Short excerpts from legends are set in italics, but other unicorn myths are presented within the text as retellings of actual events or practices, blurring the line between the mythical and the historical. The final chapter details ways that people have attempted to create fake unicorns from other animals such as goats and bulls. Grant's full-color illustrations of unicorns with flowing manes and tails will appeal to young horse lovers and unicorn devotees. (Nonfiction. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews