I found it absolutely delightful, appreciating both the sensitively told, ultimately heartwarming tale, and the charming, expressive artwork. Margaret's whole world changes when her family moves to a cottage by the sea to be near her grandma. Margaret feels like a kindred spirit and I adored everything about this book, the illustrations, the storytelling, and the magic. I think this gives the story greater power, highlighting the fact that the animals we love do not really "belong" to us, but rather, are friends who are in our care for a time.

Two minor disappointing details, the text for one illustration tells you they are picking up and feeling a horse chestnut but the whole page illustration shows you a sweet chestnut tree and sweet chestnut, which looks very different and one is edible and the other isn't. I bought this as a gift for my niece, but I was so disappointed by the story that I don't even think it's worth being gifted. The story has some real magic to it with the unicorn looking so cute, the secret to its glowing horn being told, as well as what happens as Margaret bonds with the cute little creature over the autumn and winter months.Luckily, Margaret's grandmother knows all about unicorns and the entire family makes sure both Margaret and her new friend enjoy a cozy, memorable winter together. And though Margaret misses him, she has made a new friend, and her new cottage is starting to feel like home.

Each picture is so detailed and lovely to look at, with so much to see and such cute images of the unicorn and Margaret. She brings it home, and everyone in the family has a hand in helping to raise it during the year the unicorn herd is gone--Grandmother, Mom, and Dad, besides Margaret. After they're gone, Margaret finds a baby unicorn tangled in the weeds and she brings it home to winter with her in the old stone cottage.edible chestnuts), especially since Horse Chestnuts are currently under siege by a species of Pseudomonas which causes deadly 'bleeding cankers', as well as by leaf-blotch fungus and a leaf-mining moth. The setting of the story, in fact, looks decidedly Scottish, with its hills full of thistles and heather.

They vanish as quickly as they’d appeared, but accidentally leave behind a baby, tangled in the weeds. By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details. I also greatly appreciated the fact that Margaret didn't get to "keep" the unicorn - that he is depicted as a wild and free magical being, one that might need help from time to time, but that must be allowed to rejoin his kind.Overall it’s a lovely story in general though, and despite the ending I still find the main story really lovely and magical to read, especially when you look at all of the illustrations too!

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Margaret, lonely and in need of a friend, brings him home and cares for him through the autumn and winter. The book and story feels so magical and a bit like an old fashioned storybook with Margaret finding a unicorn on its own and taking it home to be looked after over the winter months.It's gorgeously illustrated, but I found the story poorly written and the end was a bit lack luster.