Teen, YA or Older Reader Unicorn Book Feature – I Believe in Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo (2015-11-05) by Sir Michael Morpurgo

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A Couple Of Reviews To Help You Choose

GoodReads Review

Cruth rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical, 2014-reading-aloud, picture-book, read-aloud, childrens-chapter-bookAuthor: Michael Morpurgo
Illustrator: Gary Blythe
First Published:2005

Set in war torn Europe with an unspecified location and time – all we know is it’s post-Nazi (post-WWI?) – we witness the terror coming to a small village, and the courage of the people who save themselves, and their souls.

Beautifully, poignantly told, this book covers a lot of ground:
– book burning
– the fear of public speaking
– the joys of reading
– the loss of innocence, growing up
– fairy tales and mythology
– the joys of reading
– solitude and peer pressure
– war
– family

This book is at times powerful and thoughtful, funny and sad.

Beautifully illustrated to add clarity and narrative, Blythe’s pencil drawings support Tomas’ journey.

This children’s book is empowering.

It makes a difference.

Age:
Read aloud – 6+ (some Big Thoughts in here)
Read yourself – 8+

GoodReads Review

Pam rated it it was amazing

This is a lovely story about the power of libraries and books and the magic of stories and unicorns. The very popular “Unicorn Lady” tells and reads stories to children as she sits on a wooden unicorn in their library. She is loved by the children of the town. It reminded me of my coworker Mrs. Jones who has read to the children at our library for many years and is loved by generations of children from our area

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