Author : Alma
Flor Ada
Preschool - 2nd Grade
The Unicorn of the West
El
unicornio del oeste, Softcover, Spanish, Book, Alma
Flor Ada, Preschool - 2nd Grade,
9781416968443, $11.99
The
Unicorn of the West, Hardcover, English, Book, Alma
Flor Ada, Preschool - 2nd Grade,
9780689317781, $16.95 Watch
The
Malachite Palace, Jordis
Star, and The
Unicorn of the West, English,
CD, Alma
Flor Ada,
Preschool - 2nd Grade, $19.95 Listen
$277.52 for the Story Collection Green Books and CDs Spanish Set, Including 20%-Off, Free Shipping, and No Sales Tax : 1 Hardcover Spanish Book, 15 Softcover Spanish Books, 2 Softcover Spanish Oversized Books, 1 Spanish Big Book, 2 Spanish Storytelling CDs, 1 Bilingual Storytelling CD, and 1 Spanish Music CD
In
this evocative tale of friendship and self-discovery, a young unicorn undertakes
a magical journey in order to find his purpose. Excellent for discussing themes
of identity and solidarity. The beautiful illustrations are
by Abigail Pizer.
Author’s Note : This story was born out of the request of my great-nieces Virginia Marie, Lauren and Allison Roure De Miranda for a bedtime story. When I asked them what they wanted the story to be about they requested “unicorns”. So, inspired by their beauty and their trust on my storytelling abilities I began: “Each evening, as the sun set…” and the book was born. It has always been one my favorites, perhaps because of my love for the girls who inspired it, and their mother, my niece Virgilú.
Listen
to Vienna Rose read The Unicorn of the West to you. A marvelous
example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all
children. And here's an earlier
reading by Vienna Rose.
School Library
Journal : Grade 1-3-A gentle story that can be effectively shared on many
levels. A young unicorn who has never before met any other creatures of the
forest tries to discover who he is. With each season, he meets a different animal: a spring robin, a summer butterfly, an autumn squirrel. But it's not
until winter approaches that he hears a "melody" that seems to beckon
him to a place where he meets the Unicorns of the East, South, and North. They
tell him that he is the Unicorn of the West and that every seven years on the
solstice, the four meet to insure that each corner of the world will always know
love and beautiful dreams. The unicorn returns home, content to know his
identity and with the knowledge that he has true friends. In The Gold Coin
(1991) and My Name Is Maria Isabel, (1993, both Atheneum), Ada employed similar
themes of self-discovery. Here, it is interwoven with the idea that both
friendship on an individual level and peace on a universal level are important.
The story is well told and folkloric in its approach as a pattern is developed
and repeated with each encounter with a different animal. The watercolor
illustrations
are soft without being pale and
portray an apt world for this
original fable.
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