Long ago unicorns lived in a haven of sun-dappled glades and flower-filled dells. But as civilization spread over the ages -- with its fierce knights, its chugging trains, its thick smogs -- unicorns had to find a new sanctuary. But where?

This book had a nice rhythm to the text. The more sophisticated vocabulary might be tricky for some readers, but it added to the sense of unicorns being creatures from a long time ago. I also liked how some of the text worked similar to an onomatopoeia. The illustrations were great- I liked how the unicorns slowly lost their defined shapes as they got closer to the sea. ( )

This is a fictional, fantasy book. The artwork are beautiful oil painted pictures. All the pictures are based in nature. The content is about the author asking where have all the unicorns gone, then traveling to all the places they could have gone, and finally they can see the unicorns in the ocean. The reading level is probably third grade because even though the book is not very long, some of the words are unfamiliar and challenging. The curricular connections are: unicorns, nature, and mystery. ( )

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