Cheer Up: An Acorn Book

Unicorn and Yeti #4

by Heather Ayris Burnell, Hazel Quintanilla (Illustrator)

Magical friends Unicorn and Yeti love to help each other!

Pick a Book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Unicorn has a gift for Yeti. Yeti does not have one to give to Unicorn. Yeti loves to crunch icicles. Unicorn wants to try crunching them, too! Yeti thinks the dark forest is pretty. Maybe Unicorn needs to see the forest from a different perspective? These sparkly, laugh-out-loud stories with full-color artwork and easy-to-read text throughout are perfect for new readers!

Genres: Picture Books, Fantasy, Childrens, Graphic Novels, Friendship, Unicorns, Animals

68 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 6, 2020

About the author

Heather Ayris Burnell has lived on a snowy mountaintop. She loves
anything with rainbow sprinkles on it. And although she cannot do magic,
she knows that reading is magical! Heather hopes that the Unicorn and
Yeti books will inspire readers to be a friend to others, no matter how
different they may be from themselves.

Unicorn and Yeti: Sparkly New Friends was named a Best Children's Book of 2019 by Parents Magazine.

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really nice book about friendship. Unicorn and Yeti (U/Y) are best friends who are always looking out for each other. Stories are simple yet engrossing; the illustrations are 'kawaiitastic'. If you are looking for easy to read books that still convey important lessons then U/Y is a great read along series that young children will like very much!

[Jana Henderson (Reviews from the Stacks) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the cutest and most encouraging children's book I have come across in a long time. Highly recommend it for early readers!

[Shouty · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE PICTURE OF UNICORN IN THE KNITTED BODYSUIT IS MY FAVE 😂

[The Bookish Austin · Rating 4 out of 5]

These make my heart so happy.

[Shoshanah · Rating 4 out of 5]

We just flew through the first four books in @heather_ayris’s Unicorn and Yeti series. Due to the magic of @scholasticinc book orders we even received the newest Cheer Up, a couple weeks before its release.

These books are adorable, full of sparkles and rainbows. She absolutely loved them and insisted we read “just one more chapter,” so many times. They remind me a lot of the Elephant and Piggie stories but with loud bursts of color.

With all that said, these books weren’t quite what I expected. They were marketed at early chapter books. While each book was divided into chapters, there wasn’t a central theme throughout. Instead each was a separate short story about the fun of being friends. Still adorable, but I probably would have presented these differently to her, if I knew that in advance.

Overall we had a lot of fun with these! I’m sure we’ll be picking up more as their published and imagine they’ll be perfect books for her to read once she’s reading on her own.

4/5

[Annamarie Carlson (she, her)]

Unicorn and Yeti are best friends, going on many adventures. In three short episodes, Unicorn gives Yeti a special present, Yeti helps unicorn get warm after an icicle-chewing incident, and the two friends take a walk down a trail together.

I appreciate the bright, colorful illustrations and kid-appealing characters of the recent Acorn beginning reader series by Scholastic. These books are designed with kids in mind, in addition to containing elements of a good beginning reader title. Unicorn and Yeti might be one of my favorite Branches series. The characters are adorable, and each book focuses on kindness and friendship. Vocabulary and sentence structure is slightly more advanced than similarly packaged Frog and Dog books.

[H · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Yeti who knits things to keep their friend the Unicorn warm. Cute, sparkly, and warm.

[Leslie Sachlis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bright short story book of friendship in a delightful format for early readers. It is positive and a breath of fresh air.

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this trio of adventures, Unicorn gives Yeti a present, the friends eat icicles and then have to solve Unicorn's coldness, and they go on a hike with differing opinions of the scenery.

Another cute collection of adventures with these fantastical friends. I liked the middle story the best, and how Yeti goes a little overboard in knitting things to warm up Unicorn. (Yeti has some epic knitting skills!) Hand this to littles just beginning to read who love unicorns or yetis and friendship stories.

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guess it's a cute book of three short stories? I mean, it's cute, but it's also not entirely to my taste. Like, "The Gift" is exactly what I expected from a book called "Cheer Up", but "Brrr!" is a story where the discomfort is a thing of Unicorn's own making. "Let's Go!" is okay, less about cheering up and more about seeing "blah" things from another perspective.

I think it's great for younger readers, though... less so for significantly older readers like me, haha. Of course, I don't regret getting it or anything, since it's another donation for the local free library!

[Sarah Alamer · Rating 4 out of 5]

We're so proud of you for reading "Cheer Up!" What a wonderful story about Unicorn and Yeti being such good friends. You learned something really special - that sometimes when things look scary or different, we just need to see them through our friend's eyes! Just like how Yeti helped Unicorn see that the dark forest was actually pretty. You can use this idea when you meet new kids at school or try new things that seem a little scary. Remember, being a good friend means helping others feel better, just like Yeti did! You're becoming such a amazing reader, sweetheart.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an early reader. I know it’s a series but it’s the first one I have read. I have been attracted to the book cover Pinterest. This is adorable. It really reminds me of the Whisper the Unicorn books. I haven’t read one of those in decades, but as I’m reading through it, that’s what I think of. These are short little beignets, easy to read first chapters, lots of colors and simple words. It would not surprise me if these were frequent checkouts.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Novelist marked this as Kindergarten reading level, but I think it might be more like 1st grade. Fun comic style layout. Sure to keep children entertained. As a bonus there is a little drawing tutorial included at the back of the book.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three short stories about Unicorn and Yeti. Unicorn gives Yeti a gift, Yeti knits to warm Unicorn up, and they take a walk in the forest. Each story includes lifting of the spirit through the thoughtfulness and care of a friend.

[Justine · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are still loving this series. It’s very cute and it makes my daughter and I laugh out loud. Her favourite part was when Yeti knit Unicorn a full body suit.
We would still recommend this book to everyone.

[Alicia Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

For: beginning readers looking for a cute fantasy setting.

Possible red flags: minimal fighting with a friend.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeti knits unicorn a scarf, hat, blanket, and more after unicorn gets too cold from eating icicles. Unicorn and yeti go on a hike together.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kait’s just tearing through these now! Yay!

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unicorn gives Yeti a gift. Yeti eats icycles. They go for a walk.

[shantoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is one fan of this book I love reading it and my name is Emmaleigh 🤓

[Courtney]

Simple, cute stories with a few simple sentences on each page. The illustrations are adorable and whimsical.

[kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

cate but kinda boring

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

They’re cute enough, but pretty simple.

[Andrea Bearman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is our favorite one so far!

[Lisa D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Cute book for beginning readers about friendship!

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this beginning chapter book to my four year old! He loves Unicorn and Yeti!

Unicorn gives Yeti a gift, Yeti knits items to keep Unicorn warm in the snow, and they take a walk through the forest together!