This Is NOT a Unicorn!

K-Gr 2–Sure this animal looks like a unicorn—horselike, one horn on its head, rainbow mane and tail—but as the rhyming narration explains to a small girl with brown skin and two black hair puffs, it’s so much more. This animal is a snip-icorn, triple-pancake-flip-icorn, oar-icorn, open-up-the-door-icorn, make-your-garden-bloom-icorn, rocket-to-the-moon-icorn, and much, much more. It has one very multitalented horn, but in the end it’s a perfect-friend-for-you-nicorn or a you-nicorn for short. Adamson’s illustrations take the text to the next level. Humorous, cartoon-style illustrations with the unnamed girl as an integral character show the you-nicorn’s horn being used in all the ingenious ways the text describes. The joy of each whimsical situation is clear from the illustrations. A mix of spreads and panels add to the visual interest.