Unicorns are amazing! Who wouldn’t want to read a unicorn story? There are so many unicorn books available now and my son and I have read a ton of them! We have narrowed the list down to our top 15 unicorn books (and that was hard to do!).
Here are 15 awesome unicorn books:
1. Unicorns are the Worst by Alex Willan —
This is my son’s favorite unicorn book! It’s hilariously told from the viewpoint of a goblin, whose own magical greatness is overshadowed by unicorns. (He can turn a piece of broccoli into broc coli-flavored ice cream and socks into slugs!) The goblin grumbles about his unicorn neighbors, proclaiming that they are the worst, that is until they save him from a dragon.
2. How to Catch a Unicorn by Adam Wallace —
This rhyming, brightly illustrated story is a fun read! A class on a field trip to the zoo try and catch a unicorn. Silly antics and faulty unicorn traps ensue. But thanks to the zoo animals’ help and a bit of unicorn magic, the kids are the ones who find themselves caught in the traps! This is my son’s favorite in the “How to Catch” series. He thinks it is so funny how the unicorn outsmarts the kids!
3. Margaret’s Unicorn by Briony May Smith —
This a beautifully illustrated story about a little girl who discovers a young unicorn. Margaret’s family moves to a cottage by the sea where Margaret sees unicorns springing from the water! They disappear as quickly as they arrived, all except for a baby unicorn who got stuck. Margaret saves the baby unicorn and cares for it during the fall and winter. These two form a loving friendship and the unicorn helps Margaret feel more at home in the cottage. Spring arrives and it is time to reunite the unicorn with its family even though Margaret will miss it so much. There is a warm cozy feel to this story and you will find yourself reading this one over and over again.
4. Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal —
Uni the unicorn is a magical unicorn who believes that little girls are real! The other unicorns insisted that little girls were make-believe. Uni was certain that there was a little girl waiting to be her friend. In this beautiful story, Uni imagines all of the fun and wonderful things they would do together! At the same time, a little girl was out there believing the unicorns are real and was waiting to make one her new friend. Check out this read-aloud from Brightly Storytime!
5. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale —
Get ready for cuteness overload in this book! Kitty thinks she’s a unicorn and she sets out to prove it. However, when she meets a real unicorn, she doesn’t feel very unicorny anymore. Unicorn surprises everyone by saying that he is really a kitty-corn and unicorn whips out his cute fluffy kitty ears and puts them on his head! Now both of them are kitty-corns.
6. Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima —
Is it a unicorn or a narwhal? A young unicorn named Kelp lives under the sea with a group of narwhals. Kelp feels like he doesn’t quite belong under the sea. One day, he meets a bunch of unicorns on land and they are just like him! These unicorns teach him all kinds of cool unicorn stuff. So while being with unicorns is awesome, Kelp misses his narwhal family. He returns home to tell them that he is actually a unicorn, not a narwhal. His family new that the whole time, but it didn’t stop them from loving him! In a beautiful display of love, family, and friendship the narwhals and the unicorns all get together at beach where Kelp can be with everyone at the same time. Preschoolers will love the beautiful illustrations throughout this book.
7. Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert by Morag Hood —
Little Miss Sophie is a self-proclaimed unicorn expert. She dresses her toys, dog, and little brother as unicorns and then teaches them all about unicorns. She seems to know a lot about unicorns, but is so busy being the teacher, that she doesn’t notice when a real unicorn sneaks into her group. My son loved to point out the “real” unicorn in the illustrations and laugh as Sophie misses her new student. Preschoolers will love the cute pictures!
8. Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea —
We love Bob Shea’s humor and illustrations! This book is full of humor, rainbows, cupcakes, and lots of fun! In this book, Goat is feeling insecure after Unicorn moves into the neighborhood. We’ve all felt like this at one point. Now Goat is questioning whether his bike is cool. When Goat and Unicorn bond over goat-cheese pizza, Goat learns that everyone feels insecure sometimes, even unicorns. Great story for illustrating the message that everyone has their own talents.
9. A Unicorn Named Sparkle by Amy Young–
We love the Sparkle books! In this first one in the series, a little girl named Lucy responds to an ad for a unicorn. She sends in her money and waits for her unicorn to arrive. Lucy imagines the perfect unicorn and just can’t wait for her new friend to get here. However, when her unicorn arrives, it is not all what she pictured. Sparkle isn’t very tall, is not pink, and looks like a goat.
10. Peppa’s Magical Unicorn by Cala Spinner —
Peppa Pig and unicorns, preschoolers say, “yes, please!” Suzy and Peppa are playing with Peppa’s wooden horse, but they think that playing with a unicorn would be even more fun. Peppa tries using her imagination, but Suzy wants a real unicorn toy. The girls add rainbow ribbons to the horse’s tail, and then it looks a little more like a unicorn, but not still not enough for Suzy. When they go to bed, Daddy Pig transforms the horse into a pretty unicorn! Wow! Preschoolers will love seeing their T.V. pals in this book and will enjoy the sparkly book cover.
11. There’s a Unicorn in Your Book by Tom Fletcher —
A unicorn appears in this cute interactive book! Unicorn is sad and it is up to the reader to help unicorn feel better. By waving out fingers to make magic dust, swishing the book, telling unicorn jokes, and being a good friend, the reader helps make unicorn feel better. A sweet story about the power of talking to a good friend.
12. Little Unicorn by Rhiannon Fielding —
This Ten Minutes to Bed series is the cutest! In this one, little unicorn isn’t sleepy even though dad says it is ten minutes to bed. Little unicorn uses her remaining minutes to explore her Ancient Forest home. This is a magical place with unicorns and a gnome mushroom village, trolls, dragons, a magical transporting rainbow! Little unicorn makes it home just in time and quickly falls asleep. Preschoolers will love the rhyming text and adorable, bright illustrations!
13. Do You Believe in Unicorns? by Bethany Deeney Murguia–
Do unicorns only reveal themselves to people who believe? In this book, you be the judge to whether it is a horse in a hat or a unicorn hiding its horn. The author poses a series of scenarios as to help determine whether it is a horse or a unicorn throughout the book. It’s just a horse having a bad hair day so that’s why it is in a hat, right? In the end, the author suggests that perhaps you have to believe in unicorns in order to see them. Your child will love guessing if it is a unicorn or a horse.
14. Never Let a Unicorn Scribble by Diane Alber–
This “Never Let a Unicorn” series is perfect for young unicorn lovers! We’ve read quite a few of these. In this series a young girl has a toy unicorn that her imagination brings to life. In this story, the girl doubts the claims to never let a unicorn scribble and decides to give her unicorn a crayon. The unicorn promptly eats it! The little girl doesn’t give up so easily so she shows unicorn how to scribble by making some drawings with crayons. since unicorns don’t have hands, the girl ties a crayon to the unicorn’s horn. The MAGIC horn! A colorful eruption of scribbles fly out of the horn and all of the girl’s room! Uh-oh. Maybe that’s why you should never let a unicorn scribble. Fortunately, it is just the girl’s creative imagination that makes a mess, and her bedroom is exactly the way it was before. There are several more books in this series to enjoy too!
15. Unicorn Day by Diana Murray–
Yay, it’s unicorn day! A day to do awesome unicorn-stuff, be with friends, and have lots of fun! This book is filled with all of the awesomeness that you’d expect from unicorns–sliding down rainbows, singing, cupcakes, and a glitter fight! Everyone is having such a great time that no one notices the brown unicorn with a string tied under its chin. Wait a minutes, that’s a horse! The horse is so disappointed that its horn fell off because it was enjoying unicorn day and doesn’t want to leave the celebration. The unicorns, however, tell the horse to stay because they don’t care that this new friend is a horse. They have all been having lots of fun together and that is more important than whether one is a horse or a unicorn. My child enjoyed this story and loved the illustrations (especially the glitter fight!).
Can’t get enough unicorn-ness?
Unicorn Crafts:
- U is for Unicorn Craft: create a unicorn from construction paper shaped like the letter U.
Try these unicorn exercises:
-Are you ready to practice being a unicorn?!? Let’s begin by stretching each leg. Stretch each leg 10 times, and neigh with each stretch.
-Now, it is time for unicorn jumps — jump up and down 10 times with your hands together on top of your head pointed up, making a unicorn horn.
-Let’s do some Hoof Hops — hop on each foot 5 times, rotating hooves.
-All unicorns have to perfect their unicorn prance. Practice your unicorn prance and neighing for 1 minute.
-Magic Sprinkles — wave your arms and wiggle your fingers to spread magic all around. Try this 5 times to make sure that you get magic everywhere!
-Unicorns are great dancers — show off your best dance moves.
–Tail Swish — shake your tail 5 times!
Find the Differences Unicorn Scene:
Can you find 5 differences between these two magical pictures?
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