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Befriending a unicorn in his yard, young Sam learns that it is the very last in the world and desperately needs a safe place to live, and in the days that follow, Sam finds a special place for the unicorn to stay.
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PreSchool-Grade 2?One snowy morning, Sam finds himself face to face with "...the very last unicorn in the world" who claims to be in need of a home. Sam takes him to the zoo, but he doesn't want to stay where he would have to live in a cage. Sam then takes him to the circus, but apparently life on the road does not appeal to him either. Finally, Sam takes him to the mountains. There the creature joins a herd of wild ponies, and they become unicorns, too. The unicorn seems to be either somewhat whiny or excessively haughty. His repetitious rejection of each suggestion from the helpful boy is a sniffy, "I am the one and only, the very last unicorn in the world." Since this is the only answer given to each turndown, readers are left rereading to make sure they didn't miss something. The illustrations successfully convey a sense of fantasy in greeting-card colors, starbursts, and skewed perspectives. However, Coady's art, which was powerfully rich with mysterious complexity in Red Riding Hood (Dutton, 1992), is disappointing here. In contrast to Marianna Mayer's The Unicorn and the Lake (Dial, 1982), in which the creature is depicted with touching majesty, Coady's mythical beast, while pretty, is unaffecting. In this scant tale, readers may ultimately be uninvolved with the unicorn's survival.?Kate McClelland, Perrot Memorial Library, Greenwich, CT
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- PublisherLittle Brown & Co
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0316547816
- ISBN 13 9780316547819
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages1
- IllustratorCoady Christopher
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