![]() Yet there are moments of greater promise-the ad on the back cover, with its zinelike look the girlcentric endpapers (rainbows! cupcakes! butterflies! stars! goat?!?)-that hint at something edgier and more distinctive that hasn’t quite developed.Ī tale about coming to love someone-or something-for who they are and not what one hopes them to be: a pleasant addition to the odd-couple shelf.Ī lift-the-flap book gives the littlest trick-or-treaters some practice identifying partygoers under their costumes. And Young hits all the visual beats, creating something likable and appealing. ![]() The pencil, pen, and watercolor illustrations, done in a simple, loose style, offer expressive, playful character poses. Luckily, the two bond while Sparkle awaits pickup, and catastrophe is averted. Sparkle, spotted and flea-ridden, is persistent in his goatishness, and the black-and-kinky–haired, peach-complexioned Lucy calls for a refund. ![]() But when a bleating crate arrives, expectations and reality collide. When Lucy spots an ad for a 25 cent unicorn, she pops her money in the mail and begins to imagine riding her majestic beast over rainbows, adorning it with flowers, and bringing it to show and tell. ![]() Lucy dreams of owning a unicorn, but a mail-order scam brings a one-horned, smelly goat instead-who just might be her perfect match. ![]()
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