7-11)Ī sweet, spun-sugar confection just right for unicorn fans (Graphic fantasy. A sweet, spun-sugar confection just right for unicorn fans. Recommend this to fans of Jennifer and Matthew Holm’s Babymouse series and Frank Cammuso’s Salem Hyde. Clean lines, clearly delineated panels and sparse background detail keep readers focused on the characters, driving the story forward without distraction. As seen in short vignettes, the pair make everyday events-like boring piano lessons or a skirmish with a mean girl-giggle-worthy by the addition of the egocentric unicorn. Phoebe is often tempestuous and prone to whimsy (what fourth-grader isn’t?), whereas Marigold is often the straight man (or unicorn, as it is), taking our human expressions literally and setting up a good deal of the comedic action. From then on, the two are inseparable, embarking on one adventure after another. Phoebe then wishes for Marigold to be her best friend. Unicorns, vain by nature, cannot help but become engrossed with their own reflections, and when Phoebe’s rock hits Marigold, she frees the mystical creature from her Narcissus-like state and offers to grant Phoebe a wish. On a perfectly ordinary day, young Phoebe accidentally hits a unicorn named Marigold Heavenly Nostrils while skipping rocks. A pink, bubble-gum bonbon of a tale spun of a likable, albeit self-centered, fourth-grader and her magical, self-obsessed, although sometimes-kind, unicorn.
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