Afternoon my Spring-time lovelies! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the bees are buzzing (or would be, were there any bees left in our neighbourhood) and cupcakes are raining from the heavens! Sorry, northern hemisphere-friends, just couldn’t resist making you a little jealous. Although admittedly, the cupcakes part is made up.
Mad Martha here with you again, and speaking of cupcakes, the title character in today’s Haiku review does actually have the ability to make it rain cupcakes! Yes, I’m speaking of Unicorn, from Bob Shea’s colourful and inviting, Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great…
I found this book to have an incredibly high “I can relate to that” factor. Being a sock creature created from the dregs of the fabric off-cuts basket, I admit I can be overly-sensitive to those who may be considered “the beautiful people”. For this is the crux of Goat’s dilemma – how can ordinary old goat ever be friends with such a stand-out over-achiever as Unicorn? Luckily, with a bit of heart-to-heart, honest communication Goat learns that he too has some pretty enviable skills and abilities.
Open dialogue
defeats Tall Poppy Syndrome.
Cloven is cool too.
The title and cover art alone were enough to get me straight into this book, but I found even more to enjoy inside the covers. Take, for example, this page:
Apart from giving me an idea for a fantastic literature-related Halloween costume, what a catchphrase! I have immediately brought it into use around the shelf, while dusting and generally keeping things tidy….I find it lifts the spirits in an otherwise uninspiring circumstance.
Go on, try saying it.
A bit louder.
Fun, isn’t it?
Until we meet again my pretties, TASTE MY CLOVEN JUSTICE!!
Mad Martha
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