Title Sugarlump and the Unicorn Author Julia Donaldson Illustrator Lydia Monks Publisher Macmillan Children's Books - 2013 First Printing Macmillan Children's Books - 2013 Category Children Warnings None Main Characters Sugarlump Main Elements Unicorns

Sugarlump finds out when, with a flash of her eyes and a toss of her mane, a unicorn grants his wish. But for Sugarlump the excitement of the racetrack and the glamour of the circus prove no match for the fun of playing with children ... Is it too late to change his mind?

Sugarlump is a rocking horse and he just loves playing with children, rocking back and forth with them on his back. But he can't help wishing for grander things as he watches them leave the house through the window. Turns out unicorns are like fairy godmothers for horses and can grant wishes. Sugarlump tries out varius things, each time thinking there couldn't be anything better, but then finding that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Pulling a cart is fun until it gets tiring. Leaping through a steeplechase course is great fun till your legs are so sore you can't run anymore. And he really missed the children.

I loved the fact that there was a lot of glitter on each page, that was fun. The artwork was overly simplistic. I mean, well, why do we think children don't deserve quality artwork? Read this Uncanny Magazine article and tell me if a unicorn that looks like it was drawn by the child herself will evoke these kinds of feelings when one becomes an adult? Compare that to something like The Dragon and the Unicorn or The Unicorn and the Lake and I despair for every children's book published post 2000 (apparently in 1998 publishers still thought children deserved pretty artwork instead of goofy/silly)