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Foreverywhere
Foreverywhere tells the tale of a young unicorn (perhaps the last unicorn in existence?!) and his quest, along with a Giant named Rick, a spider named Betsy and the guitar-shredding Princess Rainbow, to form the best band in the fantastical world of Anyville. But first, they’ll have to contend with the increasingly strange weather that seems to follow Princess Rainbow everywhere, and a rival band determined to bring them down. Will this group of misfits be able to rise above?
Created by Steve Burns (Blue’s Clues, The Moth) and Steven Drozd (Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist for The Flaming Lips), this musical odyssey explores themes of friendship, building self-confidence, and overcoming obstacles to follow your dreams and rock out!
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Created by Steve Burns (Blue’s Clues, The Moth) and Steven Drozd (Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist for The Flaming Lips), this musical odyssey explores themes of friendship, building self-confidence, and overcoming obstacles to follow your dreams and rock out!
©2019 Audible Originals, LLC (SFO) (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC
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First published August 1, 2019
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September 7, 2019
This book was pretty boring. I was actually hoping my grandson would forget about it so I wouldn’t have to listen to more. Fortunately, it had a few humorous bits that saved it from being a complete bomb.
August 6-23, 2019
August 6-23, 2019
August 6, 2019
I got this Audiobook for free (well, the monthly fee of Audible) as one of two Audible Originals members can get monthly. Needless to say but I thoroughly enjoyed Foreverywhere.
The story is narrated by Steve Burns who is famous for being the original host of Blues' Clues. He along with Steven Drozd and Gabe Soria provides voices for Mo the Finalcorn (last unicorn), Rick the giant, Betsy the spider, and Princess Rainbow. Together, they bring the story which is based off the title track song "The Unicorn and the Princess" off the album -- also titled Foreverywhere -- by StevenSteven (Steve Burns and Steven Drozd), to life.
Ultimately, this story is equal parts fairy tale, My Little Pony, and literal rock ballad. It is a simple story of friendship and shredding at rock shows. Overall, a fun read to listen to especially if you want to pass the time in between listening to longer audiobooks. As for this month, it is free on Audible so what do people have to lose?
The story is narrated by Steve Burns who is famous for being the original host of Blues' Clues. He along with Steven Drozd and Gabe Soria provides voices for Mo the Finalcorn (last unicorn), Rick the giant, Betsy the spider, and Princess Rainbow. Together, they bring the story which is based off the title track song "The Unicorn and the Princess" off the album -- also titled Foreverywhere -- by StevenSteven (Steve Burns and Steven Drozd), to life.
Ultimately, this story is equal parts fairy tale, My Little Pony, and literal rock ballad. It is a simple story of friendship and shredding at rock shows. Overall, a fun read to listen to especially if you want to pass the time in between listening to longer audiobooks. As for this month, it is free on Audible so what do people have to lose?
August 18, 2019
Mote the Unicorn, possibly the last unicorn anywhere, lives in the city of Anyville, and wants to start a band. This being Anyville, this isn't as unreasonable an ambition as you might imagine, although guitars and other string instruments are not something he can manage. Keyboard instruments, though, he's a wiz at.
In the midst of a very strange storm, he recruits a drummer, Rick the Giant. They find a manager, Betsy the Spider, who really digs their sound and is good at all the organizational and promotional stuff they aren't good at.
But they still need a guitarist.
They find Princess Rainbow (first name Princess, last name Rainbow) in the midst of another strange storm. And it retreats when she scolds it, though she seems uncomfortable and defensive about the whole thing.
It's not long before they're a band, having a great time jamming and writing music, while Betsy is pushing them to book some dates and perform in public. They're reluctant, never sure they're ready. But Betsy secretly puts together a demo tape, and soon their troubles and adventures have just begun.
This is silly, fast-paced, and a lot of fun. Target audience is kids 8-10, but don't let that stop you from enjoying it.
Recommended.
I received this free as part of the Audible Originals program, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
In the midst of a very strange storm, he recruits a drummer, Rick the Giant. They find a manager, Betsy the Spider, who really digs their sound and is good at all the organizational and promotional stuff they aren't good at.
But they still need a guitarist.
They find Princess Rainbow (first name Princess, last name Rainbow) in the midst of another strange storm. And it retreats when she scolds it, though she seems uncomfortable and defensive about the whole thing.
It's not long before they're a band, having a great time jamming and writing music, while Betsy is pushing them to book some dates and perform in public. They're reluctant, never sure they're ready. But Betsy secretly puts together a demo tape, and soon their troubles and adventures have just begun.
This is silly, fast-paced, and a lot of fun. Target audience is kids 8-10, but don't let that stop you from enjoying it.
Recommended.
I received this free as part of the Audible Originals program, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
August 12, 2019
This was a great family audio book. My kids (10, 8 & 6) loved the story and characters. Now they're begging for more adventures of the Final-corn and Princess Rainbow.
October 21, 2019
I had fun listening to this. I loved Steve Burns when he was on Blue's Clues, and he does a great job here as the narrator and the voice of a unicorn keyboardist. There's also a giant drummer, and the guitarist Princess Rainbow is the daughter of Mr. Sun and Ms. Rain, who are arguing. There are some nice puns regarding the venues where the band performs. A nice, quirky, 3-hour story.
September 1, 2019
My neuro patterns are conditioned to love anything that Steve Burns narrates.
December 3, 2024
One of the most adorable stories I've heard full of heart, friendship, and of course... music. Beautifully narrated by the amazing Steve Burns.
The story, plot, and characters were all top notch. The humor clever and well-delivered. It probably could have been edited down by about a half hour or so as some parts dragged a bit more than they needed to. But overall a super sweet tale that I very much enjoyed.
4 stars
The story, plot, and characters were all top notch. The humor clever and well-delivered. It probably could have been edited down by about a half hour or so as some parts dragged a bit more than they needed to. But overall a super sweet tale that I very much enjoyed.
4 stars
December 18, 2021
A random Audible spam turned into a fun kid story about random magical beings in a generic fantasy world trying to conjure up a rock band. Heart-warming and a fun story.
August 27, 2019
Performance 5/5
Story 2/5
An audiobook best for young listeners. Story was far too heavy handed, very limited cast. Villains show up quite literally out of the blue, and then also disappear into thin air. I find it very sad that their whole existence was due to Princess Rainbow, and while they had thoughts and feelings, clearly intelligent, and obviously musically talented, no one really mourned their sudden snap from existence.
Princess Rainbow to made out to be a very hard working musician. She even created her own guitar after much trial and error (which, I highly doubt could really work in real life...). Such a work ethic clearly didn’t expand to something as fantastical as her fucking godlike powers to manipulate the elements of weather and to create people from thought. I found it incredibly lazy of her to leave this inability to control herself untrained. I found it incredibly lazy of the author to just wave away not only the people she made, but also that same inability to control herself. In the climax of the story, all of a sudden, she can control her powers and can fly and control clouds? WTF?
Rick the Giant had the depth of a soggy napkin. He had minimal backstory and I really questioned the feasibility of the band practices. How could Rick spend the majority of his days drumming if, I believe it was mentioned, he had a family?! He was really just there to be the yes-man to Mote.
This was a silly story that did not hold up to expectations or to adult listeners. Even children stories can be crafted to engage all ages.
Story 2/5
An audiobook best for young listeners. Story was far too heavy handed, very limited cast. Villains show up quite literally out of the blue, and then also disappear into thin air. I find it very sad that their whole existence was due to Princess Rainbow, and while they had thoughts and feelings, clearly intelligent, and obviously musically talented, no one really mourned their sudden snap from existence.
Princess Rainbow to made out to be a very hard working musician. She even created her own guitar after much trial and error (which, I highly doubt could really work in real life...). Such a work ethic clearly didn’t expand to something as fantastical as her fucking godlike powers to manipulate the elements of weather and to create people from thought. I found it incredibly lazy of her to leave this inability to control herself untrained. I found it incredibly lazy of the author to just wave away not only the people she made, but also that same inability to control herself. In the climax of the story, all of a sudden, she can control her powers and can fly and control clouds? WTF?
Rick the Giant had the depth of a soggy napkin. He had minimal backstory and I really questioned the feasibility of the band practices. How could Rick spend the majority of his days drumming if, I believe it was mentioned, he had a family?! He was really just there to be the yes-man to Mote.
This was a silly story that did not hold up to expectations or to adult listeners. Even children stories can be crafted to engage all ages.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 13, 2019
I intend to make sure my grand babies have a copy of this!!! It’s simply wonderful!! I loved it!! It not only brings music into a light that children can understand but gives a strong and wonderful message for kids about staying strong when there parents are splitting up!! I thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful book!!
August 21, 2019
This is the best Audible Original I’ve heard so far. Evie and I had so much fun listening to Moat the Final(uni)corn, Rick the Giant, Princess Rainbow, and Betsy the itsy bitsy spider make music! The character voices, music, plot all drew us in and held our attention. We mostly listened in the car, but one weekend we listened while picking elderberries off the stems.
August 6, 2019
Adorable, also some tasteful shredding.
February 7, 2020
Really nice story!
There Audible originals are well played! Nice ambiance music and stuff!
There Audible originals are well played! Nice ambiance music and stuff!
March 31, 2021
Book Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 / 5 stars)
Audio Book Performance: ★★★★★ (5 / 5 Stars)
Mote is the last unicorn in Anyville, dubbing himself as “the Finalcorn”, and is hunting for a group of new friends. How? By forming a band of course! But, becoming an awesome band is harder than it seems. First he needs to recruit…and then he needs to keep his band members together through thick-and-thin! This is way more difficult than he though, especially as his guitarist – the talented Princess Rainbow – faces problems at home. Can they come together to put on a rocking show for Anyville? Or will they be a one-hit-wonder?
In a cute story about friendship and “rocking out”, we go on this adventure with Mote as he chases his dreams. The message is clear for children and adults alike: hard work and passion will make your dreams come true…as long as you’re having fun at the same time. And Mote, Rick, Betsy, and Princess Rainbow sure do have a lot of fun!
Overall, this cute story is a load of fun, reminiscent of some cartoons (my mind immediately went to Adventure Time) and kid’s movies. This story really is for children though, and while I think children will have a ton of fun with it, I did find that it lacked some conflict and overall was a bit “boring.” If it was any longer, I might have lost interest entirely. I am not saying this is how children will feel about it, of course, but as an adult who reads/listens to a lot of children/middle-grade novels, this one probably won’t stick with me to the same extent.
Despite that, it was fun, with a phenomenal performance cast. Children will love it, and who knows…maybe they’ll want to form a band too!
Audio Book Performance: ★★★★★ (5 / 5 Stars)
Mote is the last unicorn in Anyville, dubbing himself as “the Finalcorn”, and is hunting for a group of new friends. How? By forming a band of course! But, becoming an awesome band is harder than it seems. First he needs to recruit…and then he needs to keep his band members together through thick-and-thin! This is way more difficult than he though, especially as his guitarist – the talented Princess Rainbow – faces problems at home. Can they come together to put on a rocking show for Anyville? Or will they be a one-hit-wonder?
In a cute story about friendship and “rocking out”, we go on this adventure with Mote as he chases his dreams. The message is clear for children and adults alike: hard work and passion will make your dreams come true…as long as you’re having fun at the same time. And Mote, Rick, Betsy, and Princess Rainbow sure do have a lot of fun!
Overall, this cute story is a load of fun, reminiscent of some cartoons (my mind immediately went to Adventure Time) and kid’s movies. This story really is for children though, and while I think children will have a ton of fun with it, I did find that it lacked some conflict and overall was a bit “boring.” If it was any longer, I might have lost interest entirely. I am not saying this is how children will feel about it, of course, but as an adult who reads/listens to a lot of children/middle-grade novels, this one probably won’t stick with me to the same extent.
Despite that, it was fun, with a phenomenal performance cast. Children will love it, and who knows…maybe they’ll want to form a band too!
January 9, 2020
This was such a delightfully whimsical book and I loved every minute of it. It's kind of a cross between a kid's book and an audio drama, complete with background music, sound effects, and different narrators for the characters. People who are disappointed by the lack of depth or suddenness of certain plot developments should remember that this is a 3 hour audio book about a unicorn, a princess, and a giant forming a band in the fantasy town for Anyville and just calm down.
January 15, 2020
This was absolutely adorable. The narration was amazing and it was a very fun listen.
January 9, 2022
Free | Sweet, fluff | There's not much to this, but I just wanted something to listen to while I worked on a jigsaw puzzle, and after trying an awful (dnf'd) book, sweet fluff worked for me.
June 23, 2023
The book was cute, a silly fantasy tale of creatures and rock bands. But the best part was the full cast performance of the audiobook, the sound effects, and the actual music and instruments played in the audiobook. A great freebie from Audible, worth a listen to enjoy a kids story that is really well performed.
April 1, 2023
Rating: I liked it 😊
2023's ATY in 52 books: 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
Format: Audiobook
I liked it, this was a cute read about friendship and overcoming your fears.
2023's ATY in 52 books: 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
Format: Audiobook
I liked it, this was a cute read about friendship and overcoming your fears.
August 30, 2019
Foreveryone
Review of the Audible Studios audiobook edition (2019)
The Foreverywhere audiobook (2019) is an expansion of the Foreverywhere album (2016) of themed children's songs by the group Steve n Steven (authors Steve Burns (original TV host of Blue's Clues) and musician Steven Drozd (of the band Flaming Lips).
Album cover image from Amazon.com
This was a totally delightful children's audiobook with a story of the journey of searching for yourself and of your connection to family with which I think everyone can identify with. The voice performances were excellent (esp. the Rick the Giant voice) and the music was catchy as well.
Foreverywhere was one of the Audible Originals free gifts to members for August 2019.
Trivia and Link
There is a fun Steve n Steven music video for the song "The Unicorn and Princess Rainbow" that you can watch here. Apparently it is Steven Drozd's own kids who are playing the younger versions of the band members.
Review of the Audible Studios audiobook edition (2019)
The Foreverywhere audiobook (2019) is an expansion of the Foreverywhere album (2016) of themed children's songs by the group Steve n Steven (authors Steve Burns (original TV host of Blue's Clues) and musician Steven Drozd (of the band Flaming Lips).
Album cover image from Amazon.com
This was a totally delightful children's audiobook with a story of the journey of searching for yourself and of your connection to family with which I think everyone can identify with. The voice performances were excellent (esp. the Rick the Giant voice) and the music was catchy as well.
Foreverywhere was one of the Audible Originals free gifts to members for August 2019.
Trivia and Link
There is a fun Steve n Steven music video for the song "The Unicorn and Princess Rainbow" that you can watch here. Apparently it is Steven Drozd's own kids who are playing the younger versions of the band members.
October 12, 2019
Short and sweet and endlessly endearing.
This is not a book that I would necessarily recommend to anyone over 13 but for a particular age group this book is quite enjoyable. Moat, the last unicorn, or finalcorn, want to start a band and loves music. What starts as a journey for himself ends in a happy place of friendship and overcoming the most difficult critic or enemy in your life, yourself.
The voices were amazingly done and even though this was clearly directed at kids I had a fun time listening to the story. I will gladly share this story with my kids and I think they will have a lot of fun listening to the companions of Anyville.
This is not a book that I would necessarily recommend to anyone over 13 but for a particular age group this book is quite enjoyable. Moat, the last unicorn, or finalcorn, want to start a band and loves music. What starts as a journey for himself ends in a happy place of friendship and overcoming the most difficult critic or enemy in your life, yourself.
The voices were amazingly done and even though this was clearly directed at kids I had a fun time listening to the story. I will gladly share this story with my kids and I think they will have a lot of fun listening to the companions of Anyville.
October 22, 2019
A fun free monthly pick from Audible targeted for kids but enjoyable for adults. It was well voiced and filled with music from Steve n Steven (Steve Burns (Blue's Clues) and Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips)). Cute story about friendship and break ups in a magical world where Mote the "finalcorn" (last unicorn) starts a band with Rick the giant on drums, a shredding guitarist named Princess Rainbow, and Betsy the spider band manager they meet in a ramen shop.
September 9, 2019
This was my 7 year-old and I’s book we listened to together. I loved this story. Rick the giant and Betsy the spider was our favorite. I’m discovering that my little guy loves reading/listening to books as much I do and it’s our special thing so this book was a 46 star in my book!
August 7, 2019
My kids loved it.
August 13, 2019
Cute story about friendship and rock music.
August 13, 2019
Very cute!!
October 25, 2019
This was absolutely adorable
April 14, 2020
This is a children's music album rendered into a children's story of the same name "Foreverywhere" by the band StevenSteven. The audiobook is a little over-produced if you are listening to it on headphones, but on a speaker system it ought to sound pretty good. (This is always the problem with a sound mix. The quality is often lost/confused depending on the system it is being played on.)
Note: The music is obviously professionally done. The guitarist is great. It's the lyrics and the story line that are focused on children.
I gave this audiobook an extra star because even though the story was silly, and predictable, it was designed for children and I think children would enjoy it. The author was part of the Nickelodeon TV series entitled "Blue's Clues." He said (from Wikipedia) "The kids I've met are very emotionally complex people. I just don't think that there's much difference between what makes music great for adults and what makes music great for kids." He drew upon cliche elements from children's stories while adding some conflict in order to create the music album and this audiobook.
The story: The last unicorn (now called finalcorn) has formed a rock band with his friend, Rick the Giant, but the band needs a name. The band also needs a guitarist who can pull the band's rockin' sound together. They find Princess Rainbow, the daughter of Sun and Rain. The band makes great music together, but their band also creates turmoil as an evil rival band challenges them to a music tour. Then Princess Rainbow disappears as the evil rival band chortles with delight. Will they ever find Princess Rainbow again, and will they ever win the challenge against that evil band?
Any problems with this story? Other than the ones already mentioned, apparently Mom and Dad (Sun and Rain) are not getting along. They are getting a divorce. Of course they still love their daughter, Princess Rainbow. In my mind this strikes a discordant note. Sorry for the pun, but I am of a generation where, generally speaking, mothers and fathers did not divorce. Of course, divorce is a reality for children today, so it can become a part of a children's story.
This is sort of like the reality of Hansel and Gretel and similar fairy tales of the Middle Ages. An evil-step-mother-who-wants-to-get-rid-of-the-children was the reality for children of the Middle Ages where a man had (on average) two and a half wives during his lifetime since so many women died in childbirth. That created a lot of competition amongst the children in terms of inheritance, and it created step children who couldn't get along. (I'm looking at you, Cinderella! :-) ) These were tough issues for children to handle, and they appeared in children's stories just as divorce has appeared in the story of Foreverywhere.
Any modesty issues? None that I can perceive. I suppose it depends on the level of modesty you are attempting to maintain. If you think it is immodest for boys and girls (even unicorn boys and rainbow girls) to play in rock bands together, then this audiobook is immodest. Otherwise, rock on!
I doubt I will listen to this audiobook again, although I wouldn't mind listening to it again with my great grand children. (Yes. I am THAT old.)
Note: The music is obviously professionally done. The guitarist is great. It's the lyrics and the story line that are focused on children.
I gave this audiobook an extra star because even though the story was silly, and predictable, it was designed for children and I think children would enjoy it. The author was part of the Nickelodeon TV series entitled "Blue's Clues." He said (from Wikipedia) "The kids I've met are very emotionally complex people. I just don't think that there's much difference between what makes music great for adults and what makes music great for kids." He drew upon cliche elements from children's stories while adding some conflict in order to create the music album and this audiobook.
The story: The last unicorn (now called finalcorn) has formed a rock band with his friend, Rick the Giant, but the band needs a name. The band also needs a guitarist who can pull the band's rockin' sound together. They find Princess Rainbow, the daughter of Sun and Rain. The band makes great music together, but their band also creates turmoil as an evil rival band challenges them to a music tour. Then Princess Rainbow disappears as the evil rival band chortles with delight. Will they ever find Princess Rainbow again, and will they ever win the challenge against that evil band?
Any problems with this story? Other than the ones already mentioned, apparently Mom and Dad (Sun and Rain) are not getting along. They are getting a divorce. Of course they still love their daughter, Princess Rainbow. In my mind this strikes a discordant note. Sorry for the pun, but I am of a generation where, generally speaking, mothers and fathers did not divorce. Of course, divorce is a reality for children today, so it can become a part of a children's story.
This is sort of like the reality of Hansel and Gretel and similar fairy tales of the Middle Ages. An evil-step-mother-who-wants-to-get-rid-of-the-children was the reality for children of the Middle Ages where a man had (on average) two and a half wives during his lifetime since so many women died in childbirth. That created a lot of competition amongst the children in terms of inheritance, and it created step children who couldn't get along. (I'm looking at you, Cinderella! :-) ) These were tough issues for children to handle, and they appeared in children's stories just as divorce has appeared in the story of Foreverywhere.
Any modesty issues? None that I can perceive. I suppose it depends on the level of modesty you are attempting to maintain. If you think it is immodest for boys and girls (even unicorn boys and rainbow girls) to play in rock bands together, then this audiobook is immodest. Otherwise, rock on!
I doubt I will listen to this audiobook again, although I wouldn't mind listening to it again with my great grand children. (Yes. I am THAT old.)
September 9, 2021
We drove this summer to visit family and I decided that I would see if my oldest, age six, would be interested in audiobooks. We’ve listened to Laurie Berkner’s Song and Story Kitchen on the trip to preschool a few years ago and she loved that so over the last few years I began accumulating audiobooks with the kids in mind. Most of them were acquired through the Audible monthly freebie program that existed for a while. I gave my oldest the choice of a few different books and let her pick. Her first choice was Foreverywhere, a story about the last unicorn who wants to be a rock star and has to put together a band. It was written and narrated by Steve Burns, who you know best as Steve from Blue’s Clues. Music for the book was written by Steven Drozd from The Flaming Lips. It was a fun listen, great for a medium-length car trip and full of jokes for kids and adults. My daughter loved it though some of it was probably geared towards kids a little older.
July 2, 2022
Moat is a unicorn, perhaps the last unicorn, and he loves to play music. Along with Rick the giant, Betsy the spider, and Princess Rainbow, they form a band. At first, they're just having fun jamming together. So they are caught by surprise when they hear one of their songs on Anyville Radio, with the DJ calling them a mystery band. Before they know it, they're in a contest, being challenged by a rival band that seems to be their exact opposites, and there is strange weather that seems to follow Princess Rainbow everywhere. Will the band be able to succeed in the face of all of these challenges?
This was such a fun story to listen to. While I usually don't care to listen to books with multiple narrators, these three did a fantastic job. Between the fun they brought to the characters and the music that made up the soundtrack, this is an audiobook that I will be returning to again in the future.
Definitely a great listen!
This was such a fun story to listen to. While I usually don't care to listen to books with multiple narrators, these three did a fantastic job. Between the fun they brought to the characters and the music that made up the soundtrack, this is an audiobook that I will be returning to again in the future.
Definitely a great listen!
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