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Her message to readers is clear: self-awareness and finding a soul mate don’t always come easily. “She had to admit: sometimes he made her smile and sometimes he made her laugh,” writes Young ( Don’t Eat the Baby!), whose storytelling and watercolor cartooning are spot-on in their comic timing. Clearly, Sparkle will never be the flashy showpiece Lucy dreamed of-but maybe Lucy isn’t the dainty princess type, either. Come to think of it, he’s as stubborn as Lucy, with her relentless insistence that Sparkle is really a unicorn and therefore should wear a flower necklace and tutu (both of which prove edible). He also smells like a goat, eats like a goat, and is stubborn like a goat. A Unicorn Named Sparkle Series When Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she sends in her twenty-five cents and waits four to six long weeks for her very own unicorn to arrive. The specimen that shows up, however, looks a lot like a goat. As an illustrator, she has worked for many corporate clients, including The New York Times, Child magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and The Boston Globe Magazine.After sending away for a mail-order unicorn (only 25 cents!), Young’s heroine, Lucy, fantasizes about naming him Sparkle, garlanding him with flowers, and riding over rainbows on his back. After practicing law for seven years, Amy “retired” to follow her true passion -– being a fulltime illustrator. What happens when two's company but three's a crowd?Īmy Young is one educated woman! She went to the Cleveland Institute of Art, Yale University (BA), Indiana University (MFA in painting), and Harvard Law (JD). In this new story, Lucy makes a new friend and Sparkle is worried that means she doesn't care about him anymore.

In A Unicorn Named Sparkle, Lucy found out that the unicorn she thought she didn't want was the exact right unicorn for her.

For more information, or to reserve your space, please contact us at 231.347.1180 or send us an email. A Unicorn Named Sparkle: A Picture Book by Amy Young (Author), Amy Young (Illustrator) (593) When Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she sends in her twenty-five cents and waits four to six long weeks for her very own unicorn to arrive. And, the best part? Cupcake decorating is the snack for this fun morning! Free children’s program best for ages 3 and up. Join us on Monday, July 3rd from 10:00 to Noon for a fun party with Amy Young, author of A New Friend For Sparkle ! We will have activities and a craft as well as storytime celebrating the latest Sparkle book.