Customer Reviews

The Unicorn and the Lake

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This was one of my all-time favorite books as a child. I agree completely with the other reviewer, the illustrations are brilliant. Very naturalistic, without the wifty-wafty-ness usually accompanied with the subject of unicorns.

The storyline is essentially good vs. evil and the acceptance of the balance that must be kept.

unicorns, animals all get along together until serpent comes. Unicorn saves the day along with beautiful story line and great art. A good way for conversation to follow about good and bad of the world and how we can work together. Am giving my grandchildren the book along with a beanie baby unicorn for Christmas.

Michael Hague's illustrations are gorgeous and I was not disappointed, having
only seen the cover when I ordered it. His unicorns are strong and vital
and don't remind me of drippy-eyed Precious Moment-type animals that you
sometimes come across when the subject matter is unicorns. Kinuko Y. Craft
is someone you should look into if you like MH's work.

I totally appreciate Mayer's approach to this book, building the story from three sources (explained at the front, along with a very interesting background on unicorns and their place in ancient stories and beliefs).

While I wasn't amazed by the story's style, I could appreciate it. And I thought some of the illustrations were quite beautiful.

For me, I prefer works by the Craft duo for beauty in both story and words, and but this was along a similar vein. If you like unicorns, I think you'll enjoy this book.

The illustrations are reason enough to buy the book. The introduction by the author detailing the inspiration for the storyline/a brief history of the unicorn is a very nice touch.