Unicorns can run on rainbows, so why can't they scribble? This story is about a little girl who keeps hearing, "Never let a unicorn scribble!" But in her heart believes that people just don't understand how beautiful scribbling can be. She keeps trying to teach her unicorn to scribble but soon realizes this is more difficult then she anticipated. But instead of giving up, she uses her imagination to come up with a creative way to get her unicorn to scribble, at first it looks like it was complete disaster but ends up being truly magical! If you and your child liked I'm Not just a Scribble..., Splatter, Snippets, or Spots - it's time to start making sparkling scribbles with Never Let A Unicorn Scribble!
“Listen to me Unicorn, WE DO NOT EAT CRAYONS! We draw with them!”
I was in the mood for a picture book and so when I bumped into this one… well I just had to read it. Unicorns? Drawing? Crayons? Yas, please!
In this book a girl has a pet unicorn (lucky girl, I want one as well) and she is curious about why you should NEVER let a unicorn scribble. She decides to try it out but points to quote at the start of the review you can see where that leads. She even tries to show her how to scribble. I was like, girl, your unicorn has hooves, not hands. 😛 What happens next though, her next idea because yes, this girl isn’t about to give up, well… you will have to read the book but I was absolutely loving it and laughing my butt off. That face of the unicorn. All those colours. Chaos! Yas! coughs Teehee.
The ending sure was a surprise to me! I was proud of the girl,
The art was fun, a bit simple, but I have to say it did made the colours when they appeared pop out. I especially liked the facial expressions (I laughed so hard during one of the scenes with the unicorn).
All in all, I am happy I finally had a chance to read a picture book again, and even happier it was one with unicorns and crayons.
Another fabulous quirky and fun book your child would resonate with if you know what I mean. Kids just cannot resist scribbling with vibrant and colorful crayons, you know they make a mess on the walls right. This little one has a vivid imagination and a very curious mind, she is so cute and she knows what will happen if she scribbles on the wall. An amazing and fun little book that continues to teach kids about using their imaginations and having fun with it.
I know my five year-old granddaughter will love this book since she is an artist who likes unicorns. Perfect combination! This book is creative and fun.
“All great art starts with a scribble...” my daughter is unicorn obsessed, so of course we had to borrow this series from the Library. They are fairly similar, but with a fantastic little lesson at the end. Art. Mistakes aren’t necessarily mistakes. Very cute and appealing.
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I got this to read to my 5 year old tonight and he loved it so much he said (big smile included) "That's cute!" And proceeded to ask about the unicorn! This is a great and cute book! The art is amazing, the story is amazing!
Another fantastic book from the author of I’m Not Just A Scribble
This book is another reason why Diane Alber is my new favorite author of children’s books! She carefully weaves the following into her stories- art principles, believing in yourself, character traits, empathy and educational standards. This book specifically brings in how imagination plays into a child’s learning. The main character also is figuring out how to adapt the skill of being able to color with a crayon to the unicorn’s limited abilities. I cannot wait to read and discuss this book with me Kindergarten students.
And don’t be fooled by the first impression- this book has enough depth to be used by older students!
This was a fun book! I feel like kids will really enjoy this book being read to them. The illustrations are digitized, but cute. The main reason this book caught my eye was because of the colorful cover and that it is about a unicorn. Love unicorns! This book did not disappoint. It has a bit of magic to it and who wouldn't want a unicorn as a pet who also makes art?? I low-key want this book for my preschool classroom.
Loving the message that art can be as simple as rainbow scribbles! My students will enjoy this playful unicorn character and the girl’s solution to the crayons disappearing! A must for a fun read-aloud for children! The vivid illustrations bring this story to life!
Absolutely adorable book! Simple and creative art work with a great story to follow along. It’s such a fun and happy book! Now I’m going to purchase the hard cover for my 8 year old granddaughter. Love!
In this book, we meet a young girl who has a unicorn. Everyone tells her she should NOT let her unicorn scribble. She doesn't understand this though, because unicorns ride rainbows and are magic! They should be able to scribble if they so choose. She decides to let her unicorn scribble with a pink crayon - but the unicorn eats it! It's the girl's favorite color! She's beginning to see why you should never let a unicorn scribble.
She then decides that maybe the unicorn just doesn't know how to use crayons and proceeds to show the unicorn how to color. She gives the unicorn another crayon and this time the unicorn eats HALF of the crayon! But! Maybe she is eating them because she can't hold them. Perhaps the girl will come up with an idea that might combat that issue. Her idea does work, to an extent. But now her whole room is redecorated with scribbles, paint, and glitter.
She's concerned about what her mother will think of the mess that was made in her room. But when her mother sees what is actually in her room, she says it's stunning. What do you think is actually in her room? Is it really redecorated by unicorn magic? Or is it something else all together?
I really liked the meaning behind the audiobook. At the end she says that while some people think that a unicorn shouldn't scribble, once it did, it ended up making a masterpiece. If it has never even attempted scribbling, it would've never known what talent it had. Also, it needed to take some time to practice, they didn't get it right the first two times - as a matter of fact, they crayons were eaten the first two times! But eventually, with a little practice and perseverance, the unicorn ended up doing something it would've otherwise never realized it could do. It just had to start.
This sentiment is true for all people. Others might tell you it can't be done, but you will never know unless you first try, try again, and practice.
The narrator of this story was British - I always like a good accent when I'm listening to a book. There was also some jaunty music playing in the background, which gave it a nice, fun, entertaining feeling.
I think that when a picture book is an audio book, it might be nice to have the book there with you to see the pictures. I did also find a narration of the book on YouTube. In the video, they showed all the pages of the book - and I really thought that was a good way to interact with a book while also listening to it.
The app I chose is super cute. It's called Endless Reader. It was the 2013 winner of Apple's Best of the Best Apps in 2013. It was the app of the week on geekwire.com. It is available via Android, Apple and through Amazon as a Kindle app as well. It's fully of colorful, fun, wacky monsters. Which I think is a very engaging way to encourage children to read and further their learning. I downloaded the app to see exactly how it worked. The user is presented with a word - in my case, the word was all. The word is spoken, then the cray monsters come out and knock the letters all over the place so that you only have the outline of the word left. The user is then supposed to put the letters where they belong. When you grab the 'A' it makes the ahhh sound, when you grab the 'L''s a purple mouth appears on the 'L' and sings la la la la. Then the monsters run out again and the user is presented with a full sentence - with some of the words missing (or in a faint outline). In this case the sentence stated: Pinkerton gobbled ___ ____ of ___ cookies! Off to the side there are the words all, up, and the randomly place throughout the screen. The user is then supposed to match the words to where the belong. When you grab up the volume slowly increases saying up, up, up, up making the word sound as though it is going up. If you move the word around the screen, it will continue saying the word. So, you just learned the word all - you use it in a sentence. Then a little monster comes and gobbles up all of the cookies. Once the cookies are all gobbled up - a voice comes on and reads the sentence aloud. So the child or user is learning a word, using it in a sentence, seeing an illustration of how the word is used, and then hears the sentence being spoken aloud.
The next word is ball - which adds on to the word you have already learned - all. When you have spelled ball - the word shifts into the shape of a ball. The process is repeated - with the sentence building. The next sentence introduces a color - red - and the word red is written in red. The next sequence is of a bird balancing the red ball on her beak.
I can't wait to see what my nephew thinks of this app! I think it's fun and engaging. He likes to watch Youtube videos with songs and stories. So, I'm hoping that he'll like this app and be able to learn from it as well.
Well this story was oddly satisfying. A little girl has a pet unicorn and all people have told her was to not let a unicorn scribble. She tries giving the unicorn a crayon because what can go wrong? Right? The unicorn ends up eating the crayon. She then decides to demonstrate how to use a crayon to the unicorn, and gives the unicorn another chance. The unicorn eats half the crayon this time. The little girl finally sees why people tell her not to let a unicorn scribble. It's because they eat crayons! The little girl unintentionally puts crayons on the unicorn's horns, and the colors of the crayons start to scribble like magic. All sorts of crazy scribbles are drawn all over her wall and ceiling. The little girl is amazed, until she realizes that she could get in big trouble for the gigantic mess the unicorn has made. The little girl tries to explain to her mother BEFORE she could reach her room so at least her mother would be prepared to see the gigantic mess. The mother walks into the room and sees a painting sheet with all the scribbles on it, the unicorn had shrunken into a stuffed animal, and her entire wall and ceiling are magically clean. The little girl is grateful and amazed, and believed that you should let unicorns scribble after all. Honestly, this story's moral to me is faith. The little girl gave the unicorn a chance to show it's talents scribbling. At first it didn't look pretty, but when it came down to it, letting the unicorn scribble came with a blessing. Although, I don't necessarily enjoy the thought of eating crayons, and the story left me with that thought in my head.
Never Let A Unicorn Scribble Author/Illustrator: Diane Alber Reading Level: K-3 Book Level: 1.8 Book Summary: A little girl tries to get her pet unicorn to scribble after being told "never let a unicorn scribble". When the unicorn gets ahold of the crayons and scribbles makes the little girl proud by proving everyone that unicorns can scribble.
Bookshelf Mentor Writing Traits: Organization: I think the author hooks you with the first line when the little girl says "I recently got a pet unicorn." I builds the story from why they say to never let a unicorn scribble. It makes you wonder why. Presentation: The presentation of the book is very well put together. The use of color throughout the pages is limited until the crayons are attached to the horn, where the magic is. The author would use the color of the word she was saying. When the little girl gave the unicorn the pink crayon, the text color was also pink. It made the phrase stand out, and easy to convey.
A way to teach this book is to have students bring home a box of crayons, assign one crayon to each family member and then as a family they create something together using only that one crayon they were assigned to see what kind of creation they can come up with.
This was a cute and very girly story. The title pulled me in, I thought that the scribble would take them to a magical land, but no! This book was about a little girl who had a unicorn and was curious to see what would happen if she got it to scribble. At first, the girl gave the unicorn the crayon and the unicorn ate it, then she showed the unicorn how to scribble but it still only ate the crayons. She then tied the crayons to the unicorn's horn, and many colors and glitter came flying out all over the room! The little girl thought she would get in trouble bc her whole room was covered with scribbles only to see that all the scribble was actually on a piece of paper when her mom walked in. I liked how the illustrations were black and white with splashes of color here and there and then when the unicorn actually scribbled, the room looked like a rainbow. I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it.
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I read all five in a row and I absolutely love the little girl's imagination and how she brings her unicorn to life while sharing chaotic adventures together!
Put a goofy grin on my face.
I received a complimentary copy of these ebooks. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Ages: 4-9 Rating:5/5 Summary: This story is about a little girl who keeps hearing, "Never let a unicorn scribble!" But in her heart believes that people just don't understand how beautiful scribbling can be. She keeps trying to teach her unicorn to scribble but soon realizes this is more difficult then she anticipated. But instead of giving up, she uses her imagination to come up with a creative way to get her unicorn to scribble, at first it looks like it was complete disaster but ends up being truly magical! This book teaches colors and encourages kids to be creative and use their imaginations. This book is so fun!
This book was really cute. The little girl was curious and wanted to figure out why unicorns shouldn't scribble. I believe she let her imagination get the best of her and it scared her just a little bit. I loved the illustrations of her room after the third attempt of giving the unicorn crayons. That was my favorite part. The only thing that I would be worried about when reading this to my students or kids is if they hear and see the pictures, then they would try to scribble everywhere. The book would still be a nice book to read to them though.
I thought this story was super cute. It's an easy read and the illustrations are so fun throughout the book. I loved the part when she tied the crayons to the unicorns head, the unicorn "made a mess". It made me think back into my younger years, when my creativity would sometimes overflow and I too would make a mess, run to my mom and instantly start apologizing. The ending is a sweet moment to when she explains, "even unicorns have to start somewhere", when she is talking about coloring or drawing starting out as just scribbles.
A little girl is told to never let her unicorn scribble. But then she decides to give her unicorn a crayon. And then to try to teach her to color. And then something magical happens. Never Let a Unicorn Scribble is a funny story for all children who love art, colors, or unicorns.
Age range: Perfect for ages 4–6 years
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This story is about a young girl who gets a pet unicorn. The book is about the young girls journey learning about her unicorn. Along with learning how to cope with making mistakes. Along with young children learning that there is beauty in everything if they work to find it. I would potentially not use this text in my classroom. It is a funny book and I'm sure students would enjoy it but I did not find that the message of the book was the most impactful. I feel like I could find another book that had the same message that was a better read.
I would like to thank Sourcebooks Kids/ Sourcebooks Wonderland and NetGalley for a free eARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.
Although this is just as good as any of the Funny Unicorn books, I think this one suffers from a repetition problem (which is usually encouraged when it comes to kids, but I personally feel like that is not a great thing) How many times can we say scribbles in one book? Having said that, it is still fun and it still plays with color and black and white in an interesting way.
I've given this book to two of my nieces, ages 3-4, and they have LOVED this book. The illustrations are appealing and wonder-inducing. And, the idea behind the story is great (though it may have the unintended effect of causing children to want to scribble on walls). I love the creativity and magic behind the story, and, as an aunt, I don't have to deal with any *unintended* side effects. Good luck, all you parents out there!