Cupcakes, baking, and . . . unicorns! This third sparkling adventure in an upbeat series will captivate chapter book readers.
When the Unicornia cupcake contest is announced, the entire kingdom gets baking! Of course, this is Unicornia, so every ingredient is magical. From cotton candy sugar to glittery frosting, there are so many amazing ingredients to be discovered. Can Claudia and her friends master the art of magical baking in time for the competition? Find out in this sparkle-dusted adventure packed with cakes, bakes, and unicorns!---from the publisher
128 pages 978-1536241037 Ages 5-8
Keywords: chapter book, unicorns, baking, contest, magic, friends, competition, fun, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
Read alikes: Sprinkles and Unicorns series; Unicorn Diaries series
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Imagine going to live in a new town, one tucked so far away at the edge of the map that most people don’t even see it, let alone know about it – a town where buses have wings not wheels, magic is mundane and the sky is full of colourful unicorns gallivanting through the clouds. That’s Claudia’s new life because her parents have moved to open a new magic food shop, but while it might seem idyllic to some there are some hazards like learning to make potions at her new school, the Unicornia Academy of Magic, without blowing everyone up and mastering unicorn riding in time for an assessment in two days. Birthdays at the Enchanted Falls theme park might sound fun but things can go very wrong…
Printed on pastel pages that echo the colour of the cover and with many illustrations in the same theme, this is a new series for newly independent readers who are in love with unicorns and all the magic and fantasy they portray. Told by Claudia, the stories echo everyday events with her two new friends Pippa and Sara but with that sprinkle of glitter dust that glams them up, although even in a place like Unicornia, reality can intrude.
The latest two -The Cupcake Contest and The Dance Show - are now available with The Frozen Palace and perhaps another coming in November. This is a series that brings together the things that young readers are familiar with like having to make new friends, start a new school, learn new things, and navigate unfamiliar situations even if that means having to face your fears, using both text and graphics to make it accessible to its intended audience and support them as they read. It’s something new to entice that next group of emerging independent readers to keep reading, as they dabble in the new realm of novels and series, and there is even a website to find more information and activities. .
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Recommended by: Barbara Braxton, Teacher Librarian, New South Wales AUSTRALIA
Editor's note: Dance Show and Frozen Palace are available in Australia at this time.
