Margaret's Unicorn

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They vanish as quickly as they'd appeared, but accidentally leave behind a baby, tangled in the weeds. One autumn, young Margaret moves with her mom and dad to a stone cottage out in the faraway mountains so they can be close to her aging grandmother. If you are under 16, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before submitting or ask your parent/guardian to submit on your behalf. It's an important message for children that wild creatures are never "ours" -- they deserve their freedom -- but we can have a special connection with them, nonetheless.

She has also illustrated numerous picture books in the UK, including Little Bear's Spring , T he Giant's Necklace , and Grab That Rabbit!Each picture is so detailed and lovely to look at, with so much to see and such cute images of the unicorn and Margaret. The story is very touching and would be great for a child who is adjusting to a new environment/situation, struggling to make friends, or simply loves unicorns / stories with a touch of magic. They find it the right kind of food (flowers from the florist) and the right kind of water (water touched by moonlight).

Detail wise I appreciated that the protagonist, a little girl, plays with dinosaurs and learns about making and separating from friends through this narrative. Margaret and her family care for the unicorn for one year, and in that time the young girls comes to love her equine companion.

A perfect read for unicorn lovers, this beautiful and utterly transporting picture book tells the story of what every little girl wishes would happen to her: a girl finds and takes care of a lost baby unicorn.

Her Author-Illustrated picture book, 'Margaret's Unicorn,' publishes this year with Schwartz and Wade Books. Luckily, Margaret's grandmother knows all about unicorns and the entire family makes sure both Margaret and her new friend enjoy a cozy, memorable winter together. The setting of the story, in fact, looks decidedly Scottish, with its hills full of thistles and heather.It's gorgeously illustrated, but I found the story poorly written and the end was a bit lack luster. Absolutely beautifully illustrated - some of the best lighting (warm and inviting) and shadow I have seen in a children's book.

She brings it home, and everyone in the family has a hand in helping to raise it during the year the unicorn herd is gone--Grandmother, Mom, and Dad, besides Margaret. Overall it’s a lovely story in general though, and despite the ending I still find the main story really lovely and magical to read, especially when you look at all of the illustrations too! I love that we follow Margaret and her rescue unicorn throughout the year, so we get to see them in a variety of seasons: splashing in the waves, nestled in a cozy bush of autumn leaves, baking holiday dinner, building a snow-unicorn (yes, there’s a snow-unicorn! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Margaret feels like a kindred spirit and I adored everything about this book, the illustrations, the storytelling, and the magic.

The use of light in these illustrations is so beautiful that you can almost feel the sun on your skin. And though Margaret misses him, she has made a new friend, and her new cottage is starting to feel like home. I think this gives the story greater power, highlighting the fact that the animals we love do not really "belong" to us, but rather, are friends who are in our care for a time. The illustrations are so beautiful and lovely and I just fell in love with this story for the illustrations alone! She is the author-illustrator of Imelda and the Goblin King, and the illustrator of The Giant's Necklace, written by Michael Morpurgo and Tooth Fairy in Training written by Michelle Robinson.