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A review by panda_incognito
Layla, the Last Black Unicorn by Jessica Gibson, Jerdine Nolen, Tiffany Haddish
2.0
The illustrations are nice, but the story is unremarkable and occasionally confusing. The book also doesn't deliver on the title, since it's never explained why Layla is the last black unicorn, or why this is significant. There's a comment near the end about how black is where all of the other colors meet, but the other unicorns never criticized how Layla looked, just where she came from, so this doesn't resolve anything. The message this was supposed to make about racism is unclear, simply because there's no adequate set-up. This book is fine for children who love unicorns and for parents who are fans of the celebrity author, but it doesn't have any enduring value.