Unicorns are supposed to look like horses, but with a single horn on their forehead. The first one appeared in early Mesopotamian artworks, in ancient myths in India and China. Later on, the Green historian Ctesias described the mythical creature and the healing properties of drinking from its horn. The unicorn is also mentioned in the Bible, linked to Christ, and people in the Middle Ages believed that unicorn horns could heal sickness! Nowadays, the mysterious animal is a symbol of fantasy and wonder, making appearances on birthday cakes and children's clothing.
The students I teach are besotted with unicorns. The three year old preschoolers yell, 'I need a unicorn book' and they do not mean a Peppa Pig unicorn book and just when I think they have unicorns out of their system because they are reading chapter books they still to the unicorn chapter book series. I even have books who will read them.
Next term I have given in and put together a 'bin' of unicorn picture books so that the preschoolers make less mess and can find a book easily. The students love Oscar; Sparkle; Uni; Thelma; Grumpycorn and Twinkle (Little Unicorn) and many other 'stand-alone' books.
Now for the series for independent readers:
My Secret Unicorn series is so old and I have been discarding them as they fall apart, but they are still the most borrowed of all the unicorn chapter books.
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