Pearl the Flying Unicorn

Pearl #2

by Sally Odgers, Adele K. Thomas (Illustrator)

Pearl, Olive and Tweet are on the hunt for glitter feathers! But they’ve blown all the way over to Gull Island. They use Olive’s ogre-boat to reach the island, but rowing quickly behind them are three mean and stinky pirate gobble-uns!

Can Pearl use her magic to save her friends in time?

Genres: Fantasy, Chapter Books, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2018

About the author

Sally Odgers was born in Tasmania in the 1950s, went to school there in the 1960s, married there in the 1970s, and had her children there in the 1980s. Her first book was published in 1977.

Reviews

[Schizanthus Nerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn’t help myself! After finding out that Pearl’s sequel involved her flying I had to read it. Pearl the magical unicorn (is there any other kind?) and her friends Olive the ogre and Tweet the firebird are on another adventure. This time they’re on the trail of some pink glitter feathers that blew away in a gust of wind when Pearl was trying on Olive’s new hat. Along the way they encounter some gobble-uns, the baddies from the first book.

I enjoyed this book more than the first in the series. I was a bit overwhelmed by the sweetness of the first book and found Pearl’s random outbursts annoying. This time around I was expecting the sweet story and Pearl’s “Bolting buckets!”, “Blundering bats” and “Purple parsnips!” felt more like a quirk of her character to be expected, not irritated by. I expect kids who read this series will find Pearl’s exclamations funny and will enjoy Pearl, Olive and Tweet’s friendship. It was a tad convenient that Pearl’s magic only works properly when it absolutely has to but I doubt kids will care about that.

Handy hint: If you ever meet Pearl, the magic you need to know is “Flickety-prance-flick!” Get her to do this for you and a pink cupcake will fall from the sky and land on your head, intact and the right way up.

The main thing I remembered from my review of Pearl The Magical Unicorn was that it was PINK! Not to be outdone, the sequel is also PINK! Once again, Adele K. Thomas’ illustrations were adorable and the detailed expressions enhanced the characters’ personalities. I loved the background animals, particularly the frog, whale and stingrays, but my favourite had to be the bug shaking its fist at Pearl and her friends.

Yes, I do already have the third book in the series on order from the library so you’ll be hearing all about PINK! Pearl the Proper Unicorn around February 2019. In the meantime, if you’re in need of cupcakes just remember, “Flickety-prance-flick!”

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Stars ✨

My daughter loved this one - great book to use for chapter book reading practice and comprehension.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Нам з Соломією неймовірно сподобалася історія про єдиноріжку Перлинку та двох її друзів - велетку Оливку та пташку-вогнекрилку Тьох.
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Це мила дитяча історія, яку ми прочитали за один присіст. В ній всього вдосталь. І напружених, по-дитячому, моментів, і гарних ілюстрацій, які супроводжують розповідь, і, звісно ж, хеппі енд з чарівними рожевими блискітками.
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Це друга книга із серії. Але, починаючи читати, ми про це не знали. І хоч це не зіпсувало вражень донечки, проте тут я маю написати свої дорослі зауваження до видання.
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Отже, мені не сподобалося, що ніде на книзі не вказано, що це саме друга частина. А мало б! Я ще не знаю про що перша книга. Ми маємо її в своїй бібліотеці і якби я знала, що це друга книга, то ми могли б все ж читати по-порядку.
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Друге зауваження щодо якості самого видання. Серія видавалася лише в мʼякій обкладинці і це збіса не логічне рішення щодо книг для дошкільнят. При тому, книга не розгортається повністю. І як би бережно дитина не відносилася до книг, рано чи пізно, (в цьому випадку найпевніше рано), вони просто розпадуться в неї в руках.
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Ще лише замовляючи ці книги, я була здивована тим, що немає вибору мʼяка обкладинка чи тверда, а прочитавши зовсім розчарувалася. Адже історія має всі шанси стати однією з улюблених, але якість видання не дозволяє зачитуватися нею багато разів поспіль.

[Kaylyn Crump · Rating 1 out of 5]

A unicorn named pearl had magical powers. She discovered that she can fly, and then she used her powers to save her friends from the goblin and unpirates. I liked the glitter on the cover of the book, that’s what made me want to read it. But, the book was way too easy and the story was boring. I didn’t like it. Overall, go in the living room I will I will never read this book again, but I will give it to my younger sister to enjoy. The moral of the story is to “believe in yourself and you can do anything!“

[Sir Readalot · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book because they have good friendship and always look out for each other for example when they saved the fire breathing bird from floating away from the cliff this is because the fire bird hadn't learnt how to fly yet. for another example the ogre and the fire bird saved pearl the unicorn from the evil pirates that were going to kill pearl and make her into unicorn stew.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

At a certain age, anything with unicorns has a near universal chance of success. As evidence, when I read Pearl with my daughter, she gave it "100!" out of 5 stars. Pearl teaches us about friendship and trying hard even when we don't get it right the first time. The stories drag a little with repetitiveness, but it's cute and kept my 5 yo's attention.

[Miss Readalot · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think it was bad how the gobble-uns pirates were trying to turn Pearl's friends into stew. I liked how Pearl was using her magic powers to help save her friends from becoming stew, and it turned out that Pearl could make it happen! Hooray!

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this is slightly better than the first, and my daughter enjoyed my reading of it, the plot wasn’t overly complicated and was repetitive. This is fine for the target audience but there’s something missing. It’s really short and quick to read.
Watch out for the gobble-uns. And the failed magic. And the inconstant wind blowing away loose feathers that initiate the story.

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pearl the flying unicorn is an intriguing book that leaves you asking for more. This book is for kids who are between the ages of 6 and 8 years old. The storyline is well written and teaches the reader the power of friendship.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odgers Dodgers #2
Pearl #2
The unicorn is back in this second book in the series and she is still well intellectually challenged and somehow flies and saves the day agains t the same bad guys and there is copious amounts of pink.

[Caitlin Snyder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable.

[Elizabeth Mun · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the book because Pearl did not get mad when she made a mistake when she wanted to make marshmallows and that made me proud of her.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute unicorn chapter book. My second grader really enjoyed listening to me read it to her. The story is fun and imaginative.

[Syntha Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

adorable

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pearl, Tweet and Olive go on an adventure to rescue Olive's glittery feathers from her gat on a windy day. Pearl Magic goes right and wrong colouring birds pink while trying to fly. great pictures

[Manha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Olive has a beautiful hat with feathers, but the feathers blew away. Will Pearl, Olive and Tweet find the feathers before the gobble-uns? It was very funny!