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The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris

kidlitlove's review

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4.0

Cute, funny. Everyone is the right size and family is important. It has a gnome!

toebean5's review

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3.0

Absolutely love the illustrations and the ending. The in-betweens were sort of a headscratcher as to the desired reception.

library_kb's review

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This is a fun story that goes in a couple directions you might not expect! I'm interested to see what kids think of this one--I think they will like the bizarreness of the characters! 

erine's review

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A teeny-weeny unicorn learns about the relative nature of size in this charming story. At first discouraged because they are too teeny-weeny, the unicorn finds themself in a situation where they are giant.

A light, cute, funny story with softly colorful illustrations.

yourteenlibrarian's review

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

juniper_reads_things's review

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adventurous fast-paced

5.0

Teeny-weeny unicorn is SO SMALL!!  Being small makes him feel sad, but then he discovers a gnome who calls him a giant, reminding us all that there are many different perspectives.  We are all big, we are all small but most importantly we are all the right size. 

I found this book to be hilarious, because of all the “big kid” humor (I didn’t want to say adult humor, because of the double entendres….).  The gnome specifically speaks in a way that would be funny to older people, but I’m not sure a kid would understand it. 

But also, many kid’s tv shows include this type of humor and they are still awesome. 

I liked this book a lot!!

Dedication: For Vanessa Jo, my little sister. 

First sentence: Once upon a time, in a land where horses were mythical beasts, found only in the pages of books for children, it was common to see a unicorn. 

dovedovington's review

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funny slow-paced

3.5

tammae's review

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funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Immediate 5 stars for the art style and a specific two page spread in the book that made me lose it 😂.

molly_dettmann's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

This was silly but still told a cohesive story and had the cutest artwork and sweetest teeny weeny main character. This would be a really fun read aloud. 

chantplant's review

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lighthearted

4.75

BEAUTIFUL artwork!! love this style so much!!! 
I could eat these pictures