The Goblin Princess: A Branches Book

Unicorn Diaries #4

by Rebecca Elliott

Bo grants the goblin princess a wish!

Unicorn best friends Bo and Sunny try to cheer up Greta, a bored goblin princess. But Greta wants to do more than just play games - she wants to fly! So Bo grants Greta's wish and gives her magical Goblin Queen Powers. But as things start to get out of HOOF, can the unicorns find a way to clean up Greta's messes-and show her the power of imagination?

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Chapter Books, Fiction, Unicorns, Juvenile

80 pages, Library Binding

Published December 1, 2020

About the author

Rebecca Elliott is the author and illustrator of the best-selling Owl Diaries series (Scholastic US) & over 20 picture books including Just Because, Sometimes, Naked Trevor and Zoo Girl, for which she was nominated for the 2012 Kate Greenaway Medal.
Her new series The Unicorn Diaries (Scholastic US) & her first YA novel 'Pretty Funny ' (Penguin Random House) are out now.

Reviews

[Leah Spillman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked it so much.

[Will Atkins · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh

[Heidi Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Greta was naughty in the beginning but in the end Greta solved the problems and it had worked.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great! Read with my daughter Gabi

[Ella Nadine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bo makes a wish for the goblin princess to be queen for one day and she’s naughty through the day. It held my attention and was a quick read.

[Ariel · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, there's this princess named Greta. She lives in a magical land with a Goblin Queen. One day, Greta gets a special bow that grants wishes. And guess what? She wishes to be the Queen for a whole day. But whoa, her wish comes true and she gets super magical powers!

Now, Greta can make animals do whatever she says and even fly in the sky. But uh-oh, she starts causing some trouble. There's a problem with her powers. She needs to be stopped before everything becomes a big mess.

The Goblin Queen and her friends try to help Greta before she makes things even crazier. You know what's cool? Greta can make a wish every week. But instead of just wishing to be Queen again, she thinks of different solutions. I won't spoil it, but you should totally read to find out what she comes up with!

One really funny part is when they have a challenge to help creatures using their imagination. There's a dragon named Smokies who's having a birthday, but he breathes fire. So they need to figure out how to light his birthday cake without setting it on fire. The ideas they come up with are hilarious, like making him drink ice water or even the sillier idea of him farting out fire! It made me giggle a lot.

Oh, and guess what else? The fairies live in mushroom houses, but it's so hot that they're always tired from flying to the river for water. So they come up with this super imaginative idea to give them rocket-powered wings! Isn't that cool?

This book taught me something really important. Imagination is like having a magic power. You can come up with amazing ideas, just like Greta and her friends did. Like, once my friend drew squiggles on a whiteboard, and instead of saying it was a mess, I imagined it was a space adventure with stars about to collide! It was so much fun.

"Unicorn Diaries: The Goblin Princess" is full of magic and imagination. It's like a world of possibilities and friendship. If you want to go on a cool adventure and learn about using your imagination, you should definitely read this book. Have fun exploring the magical land!

If you're a fan of this book, you won't want to miss my full review on my YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/Cqe8O8t6J5I?si=QXXgW...

[Annamarie Carlson (she, her)]

Bo the unicorn is excited to earn her Imagination patch! Bo needs to figure out how to solve a problem using her imagination. Bo and best friend Sunny stumble onto the Goblin Princess, sad that she isn't able to fly yet, like her mom, the Goblin Queen. This will be easy! Bo will just use her wish-granting powers to make the Goblin Princess Queen for a Day, giving the princess all of the queen's amazing powers (and earning her imagination patch too!). But when the Goblin Princess takes her new abilities a little too far, can the unicorns figure out how to save the day?

Another cute addition to the Unicorn Diaries series. I appreciate that the layout is similar to Owl Diaries, with a mixture of speech bubbles, illustrations, and patches of text. This will appeal to much of the same audience--and of course anyone who loves bright colors, glitter, and unicorns!

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

When a wish goes terribly wrong. This is the diary of Rainbow Tinseltail, who lives in Sparklegrove Forest with her unicorn friends. Dragons, fairies, mermaids, and good goblins also live in the forest. Each unicorn has a special superpower, and Rainbow's is to grant one wish a week. But the wish she grants to the Goblin Princess backfires when the Goblin Princess uses the wish in unwise ways. The story is humorous, lighthearted, and imaginative. The cartoon-style illustrations (also by the author) are appealing and very colorful--the unicorns have differently colored and patterned hides, and their spiral horns are different colors as well. The book ends with five suggestions of activities related to the book. Especially for unicorn lovers in about 2nd-3rd grade.

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bo and her friends are working on their Imagination Patch. They come across Great, the Goblin Princess who wishes she could be Queen and fly around. Trying to help and maybe earn her patch, Bo grants Greta's wish and makes her Goblin Queen for the day. But what will Bo and the other unicorns do when Greta's power goes to her head and she creates a huge mess of the kingdom?

I like the celebration of how imagination can work with problem solving. The illustrations are cute. And there's a good lesson woven in. Another winner from Rebecca Elliott.

No content issues.

[Alicia Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bo and friends meet the goblin princess, who is bored, spoiled, and uses her powers for evil. It's the first time Bo and the other unicorns have really met a creature who wasn't naturally "good" and who needed to learn some lessons. The goblin princess does learn a lot, but it's a rough journey.

For: unicorn fans; readers wanting a diary format and fun illustrations.

Possible red flags: misunderstandings; tyranny; manipulation; spoiled behavior.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bo and Sunny team up to solve a problem in the forest for a unicorn school assignment. They find Greta, the Goblin Princess, bored in the forest wishing she could fly. They grant her wish hoping that will be a solved problem, but soon realize that with the powers they granted foolish Greta, they created a bigger problem.

I love that the final solution, in the end, involved teaching Greta to use her imagination so that she never had to be bored again. Yay for the power of imagination!

[Mountain Lover · Rating 1 out of 5]

his series is just not a hit, the overwhelming amount of PINK, the not quite a novel, not quite a comic, not quite a graphic novel, not quite a notebook- identity crisis all around. My toddler liked the pictures but thats about it. No one liked the story, which is more of 'texting' or 'notes'. This says 'grade 2' but it did not hold my 7 yr olds attention at all

1 stars is for my toddler who liked the pictures and unicorns in general

[Kelly Pinkerton · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this fourth addition to the Unicorn Diaries series, we learn more about the goblins, and in particular the queen and princess. Thinking they are doing the right thing and are well on their way to earning this week's imagination patch, Bo and Sunny grant Princess Greta her wish to be queen for the day. Greta uses her new power to cause mischief and chaos in the forest, leading all the unicorns to find creative solutions to the problems.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was surprisingly good. The first chapter fills you in the characters and world, since it's book four. It had a few funny moments plus a nice lesson about imagination that didn't feel didactic. Since it's the same author as Owl Diaries and has the same look, it's a great suggestion for fans of that.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a huge fan of The Goblin Princess. She was pretty self absorbed and difficult to tolerate. Glad she came around by the end of the story - those unicorns are patient! The green dragon fart blowing the candles out on the birthday cake was pretty gross, too. I don’t feel motivated to read more from this series.

[Karin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Empecé con esta serie de libros pues mi hija de 8 años ya lee fluido y ha empezado a interesarse por libros por capítulos así que decidimos iniciar con estos, la verdad nos ha gustado mucho pues en esta entrega se habla sobre el uso de tu imaginación y como a través de ella puedes alcanzar muchas cosas y llegar a lugares infinitos.

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

The adventures continue for Bo and his unicorn friends. He tries to earn his Imagination Badge by using his wish to help the goblin princess but everything goes wrong. He, his friend and the princess learn a valuable lesson about wishes and being leaders.

[Hannah Garrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is sooooo much filler garbage unicorn children’s lit out there. This series (and this book) is charming, creative, and teaches little lessons without being over the top. This one is about imagination, which I’m a sucker for. Loved it.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanted to find out if the fairies ended up solving their water problem!

But dang, this series is so cute.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it.

[Anna Salvesen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my favorite book of the Unicorn Diaries.

[Jenn]

reading with Lex

[Leah G · Rating 5 out of 5]

We read a lot of books that are a story without a real lesson. This book was so original and had such a good story. I really enjoyed it.

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute series for younger kids

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 3.5 year old loves Unicorn Diaries!

[Alana Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first I didn't want to read it because it didn't look interesting, but I actually really loved it! And I don't mind calling Bo Rainbow. ;)

[Sutton Hargrove · Rating 5 out of 5]

AR test 8 out of 10

[Audrey Egan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute as always! Clara enjoyed the emphasis on imaginative play.

[Amanda Hobbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun to read

These are a favorite for my daughter. She loves unicorns and the values that she learns from them is an added bonus.

[Joanna]

I always love the sweet fun and positive messaging in these books.