The next sparkling adventure in the shimmering Unicornia series, featuring a school trip to an incredible frozen palace.
Claudia is going on a school field trip to the wintriest and most incredible place ever: the Frozen Palace. The walls are made of sparkling ice, there are penguins everywhere and you can fly with unicorns, or with reindeer! Without a doubt, this is the most magical place EVER. But when Claudia and her friends get lost, can they find the way out of the palace? Find out in this snow-dusted festive adventure packed with magic, snowflakes, and unicorns.---from the publisher
128 pages 978-1536248173 Ages 5-8
Keywords: chapter book, fantasy and magic, unicorns, adventure, magical creatures, getting lost, friends, part of a series, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
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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…
Now, in this fifth episode of this series for young independent readers, particularly those intrigued by these fascinating creatures, Claudia and her friends are on a school trip to the Frozen Palace – a wonderland of ice unicorns and everlasting snow! But they soon get lost within the glistening walls. And is the Palace starting to melt?! Such a frosty adventure sparkling with wintry magic, snowflakes and unicorns sounds ideal on these hot summer days!
Printed on pastel pages - this one is pale blue - that echo the colour of the cover and with many illustrations in the same theme, and 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.
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., while the sixth book, Unicornia: Rainbow Roller Skates is due to be released in Australia in just a few days. Perfect for summer reading.
This review can also be found here.
Recommended by Barbara Braxton, Teacher Librarian, New South Wales AUSTRALIA
See more of her recommendations:
500 Hats http://500hats.edublogs.org/
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