Author: Adrian Mitchell
Publisher: Picture Corgi
ISBN: 9780552546171
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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A new story starring Jessica and Granny, from the highly successful Corgi Pup Unusual Day. Jessica loses her first tooth and Granny tells her an amazing story about her own experiences with the Tooth Fairy. A funny fantasy told with Sandi's inimitable humour, this story is perfect for new readers.
Author: Monica Sweeney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510773584
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Yoo-hoo, unicorn! Let’s go for a ride! Nothing could be more special than riding a unicorn! Or, at least that’s what a plucky adventurer thinks. In the spectacularly illustrated storybook, How to Ride a Unicorn, a curious young explorer is on the lookout for a new unicorn friend. She searches high and low through a forest, and she’s pretty sure she keeps spotting the very unicorn she’d like to ride! But strange animals keep stopping her in her tracks, and her quest to ride a unicorn may be in trouble. As her journey continues, the unicorn has something to say, too. As the unicorn spots this new person on his tail, he comes up with funny ways to send her in the wrong direction. Together, these brave characters discover the magic of curiosity, confidence, and friendship in a series of quirky and heartwarming misadventures.
Author: Diana Murray
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728213509
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Hooray! Hooray! It's Unicorn Day! Thelma the Unicorn meets Uni the Unicorn in this rainbow-packed kids book guaranteed to delight you with its heartfelt message of inclusivity and dazzling glittery pictures. This clever, colorful, and over-the-top picture book about unicorns and unique-corns is a MUST for all unicorn lovers! The most important rule of Unicorn Day is to have fun, fun, fun! The unicorns are celebrating their favorite day of the year, complete with rainbows, cupcakes, butterflies, and all sorts of joyful things. But when it's revealed there's an impostor in their midst, the party comes to a screeching halt... Will the unicorns welcome all and continue their fun in all its glittery glory? Unicorn Day delights in everything that's special; unicorns, celebrations, and most importantly, friendship. Goodreads Choice Award of 2019 Finalist The Perfect gift if you're looking for: Unicorn books for boys and girls age 4-10 A fun-filled bedtime story Colorful, beautiful animal stories Children's books about unicorns Unicorn gifts for little girls and boys
Author: Sue Fliess
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510754083
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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There’s an age-old tale that magic unicorns exist . . . wandering where orchids grow within the mountain mist. Legend has it that the only way to find a unicorn is to know where to look and how to craft a beautiful gift that shows her you are a friend. If you’re lucky, she may even take you for a ride! So, gather some natural craft supplies like daisies, vines, ferns, apples, and grass, and get ready to find a magical new friend. If your heart is pure, you just might discover a unicorn in the wild. By being resourceful, careful, and kind, you can make beautiful riding gear from nature that will show your unicorn friend you truly care—and you may even be taken on an incredible ride through sunny meadows, over sparkling oceans, and along the brilliant arcs of rainbows! Sue Fliess’s poetic read-aloud text and Simona Sanfilippo’s vibrant, whimsical illustrations will provide much fun for young readers eager to find their own unicorn friends! Also included are guides for teachers and parents about how to engage children in building unicorn-riding gear, how to interest them in the natural world, and a brief history of unicorns.
Author: Alice Nicole Johansson
Publisher: Sweet Valley
ISBN: 9780553483529
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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In order to revive the Unicorn spirit, Kimberly plans a trip for the club members to a dude ranch with a gorgeous riding instructor.
Author: Gene Kim
Publisher: IT Revolution
ISBN: 1942788770
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 499
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The Phoenix Project wowed over a half-million readers. Now comes the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Wall Street Journal bestselling The Unicorn Project! “The Unicorn Project is amazing, and I loved it 100 times more than The Phoenix Project…”—FERNANDO CORNAGO, Senior Director Platform Engineering, Adidas “Gene Kim does a masterful job of showing how … the efforts of many create lasting business advantages for all.”—DR. STEVEN SPEAR, author of The High-Velocity Edge, Sr. Lecturer at MIT, and principal of HVE LLC. “The Unicorn Project is so clever, so good, so crazy enlightening!”––CORNELIA DAVIS, Vice President Of Technology at Pivotal Software, Inc., Author of Cloud Native Patterns This highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix Project takes another look at Parts Unlimited, this time from the perspective of software development. In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals. One day, she is approached by a ragtag bunch of misfits who say they want to overthrow the existing order, to liberate developers, to bring joy back to technology work, and to enable the business to win in a time of digital disruption. To her surprise, she finds herself drawn ever further into this movement, eventually becoming one of the leaders of the Rebellion, which puts her in the crosshairs of some familiar and very dangerous enemies. The Age of Software is here, and another mass extinction event looms—this is a story about rebel developers and business leaders working together, racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertainty...and opportunity. “The Unicorn Project provides insanely useful insights on how to improve your technology business.”—DOMINICA DEGRANDIS, author of Making Work Visible and Director of Digital Transformation at Tasktop ——— “My goal in writing The Unicorn Project was to explore and reveal the necessary but invisible structures required to make developers (and all engineers) productive, and reveal the devastating effects of technical debt and complexity. I hope this book can create common ground for technology and business leaders to leave the past behind, and co-create a better future together.”—Gene Kim, November 2019
Author: Diana Peterfreund
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061861472
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns. The fluffy, sparkly, friendly “horses” so popular the world over don’t exist. Real unicorns are killers. Beasts the size of elephants, with cloven hooves that shake the earth, hides impervious to bullets, and horns that contain a deadly poison, unicorns can outrun a sports car and smell a human from a mile away. And they can only be killed by virgin warriors descended from Alexander the Great. Sixteen-year-old Astrid Llewelyn has grown up with her mom Lilith’s tall tales about unicorns and their exalted family heritage, but figures her mom’s crazy. But the scary stories her mom told her about the monsters in her formative years left her with a firm phobia about unicorns, even the cutesy kind popular with young girls. But when one of the monsters attacks her boyfriend in the woods—thereby ruining any chance of him taking her to prom—Astrid finds herself headed to Rome to train as a unicorn hunter. “As swift and sure-footed as a killer unicorn, Rampant weaves a vibrant new mythology from venerable threads.”—Scott Westerfeld, bestselling author of the Uglies series
Author: Paul Kearney
Publisher: Abaddon Books
ISBN: 1849978573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Warder John Willoby is being pulled between worlds, disappearing for minutes at a time from the prison and appearing in the midst of a makeshift medieval encampment before tumbling back. That, or he’s going mad, his mind simply breaking apart. It’s clear, to him and to his family, it must be the latter. His wife can barely stand him, and his daughter doesn’t even try; he drinks too much and lashes out too easily. He isn’t worth anyone’s time, even his own. But in this other world—this winter land of first-settlers—he is a man with a purpose, on whom others rely. A man who must kill a King so as to save a people. With a second chance, Willoby may become the kind of man he had always wanted to be.
Author: A.F. Steadman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665912731
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fantastical middle grade debut perfect for fans of the Percy Jackson and Eragon series! Skandar Smith has always yearned to leave the Mainland and escape to the secretive Island, where wild unicorns roam free. He’s spent years studying for his Hatchery exam, the annual test that selects a handful of Mainlander thirteen-year-olds to train to become unicorn riders. But on the day of Skandar’s exam, things go horribly wrong, and his hopes are shattered…until a mysterious figure knocks on his door at midnight, bearing a message: the Island is in peril and Skandar must answer its call. Skandar is thrust into a world of epic sky battles, dangerous clashes with wild unicorns, and rumors of a shadowy villain amassing a unicorn army. And the closer Skandar grows to his newfound friends and community of riders, the harder it becomes to keep his secrets—especially when he discovers their lives may all be in graver danger than he ever imagined.
Author: AQEEL AHMED
Publisher: AQEEL AHMED
ISBN: 1998419347
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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Unicorn Riders of the Arctic People who live on a world where the sun doesn't rise very often ride unicorns to stay safe from evil. They learn how important it is to work together and be brave. Summary: In the ethereal Arctic, where sunshine is valuable, there lives a beautiful group of fighters. People know these fighters for the beautiful unicorns that they keep as pets. These horses help them have great personalities. On a mysterious and cold world, the strong bond between warrior and beast is the basis of their society. It stands for strength and purity. Ayla is a young, active member of the group whose dreams are beyond what is real. As the story goes on, we learn more about her. The thing that really moves Ayla is her wish to ride a unicorn and become one of the best protectors of her people. Threatening the peace of their world, dark forces and scary shadows show up with plans as cold as a winter night. The group gets ready for what they don't know while the elders, who are wise and fearful, sense that darkness is coming. In this ominous mood, Ayla meets Lumi for the first time. Lumi is an old horse with a white coat. Silence makes a strong connection that can't be broken. With Lumi by her side, Ayla starts a difficult trip to learn more about herself and get better. As they work out together, their friendship grows stronger and they find a balance between their spirit and their mission. This level of readiness is necessary because a scary threat has appeared and requires guts and drive. During the first fights, Ayla and Lumi are put to the test to see how committed they are and how well they can be lights in the dark. The story's climax is reached when it's clear that working together is their best tool. Tribes that had been separate before joined forces to fight a shared enemy. The major battle at Icewind Pass is both a fight for life and a show of how powerful cooperation and trust can be. It takes a lot of work to win, and afterward is a time to celebrate and heal. The area used to be dark, but now it shines with a new light, and the guards are revered and their stories are woven into the fabric of the community. It's become clear that Ayla and Lumi are strong and hopeful. They are now looking to the future and hope that their memory will serve as a guide for others. That's not all that The Unicorn Riders of the Arctic is about. It's also about group courage and the power that comes from working together. In a place where the sun doesn't rise very often, the real light shines from inside, paving the way for a better tomorrow. Chapter 1: The Dawn in the North Ayla was a little girl who lived in a magical, faraway place where it was always dark, snowy, and freezing. Ayla wasn't like other girls her age; she was a brave and dreamy young warrior from her group. The sun didn't rise very often in this cold and beautiful area, so every dawn was a valuable and beautiful sight. Ayla would look out to sea every morning with wide-open mouths in hope of seeing the sun quickly rise over the snow-covered mountains. Even though it was short-lived, the light worked like magic, sending a warm, golden glow over the snowy ground that made it look like everything was sparkling. It was a dream that kept going through Ayla's mind every time she saw the strange sunrise. It was her dream to ride a unicorn, which is a mythical animal loved in her culture for its beauty, grace, and power. In Ayla's world, unicorns stood for bravery, power, and the true nature of the warriors who rode them. They were more than just beings. People said that the depths of these beautiful animals' eyes were like the sky, and their coats sparkled like the sun. Someone who could ride a unicorn was seen as proud and brave, and Ayla wanted to be one of the few people who had that title. There was more to this dream than just the adventure and the link to a magical creature. Ayla wanted to show her tribe and the rest of the world that she was a fighter with the heart, courage, and strength of a warrior. She dreamed of riding her unicorn across vast, snowy fields, feeling the cold wind on her face, and being stronger and freer than she had ever been. Because of her dream, her days were full of reason and excitement. Every morning as Ayla watched the sun rise, her resolve got stronger. She was determined to get what she wanted, so she set out on a journey to find her unicorn and use it to make tales in their country. She knew, though, that dreams didn't come true on their own. She knew she had to work hard to be able to ride a unicorn. Unicorns picked their horses based on traits like bravery, loyalty, and having a pure heart. She was ready to deal with any problems that came up, learn from them, and become the strong woman she had always known she could be. She would not only look for a unicorn, but she would also find out how brave and strong she really is. Like every day, Ayla's trip would take her beyond the horizon, into the unknown, and even into the pages of mythology. It was about to start, just like the sun rising over the horizon. Chapter 2: The Meeting Members of Ayla's group got together for an important meeting deep in the Arctic, as the sky turned soft colors as evening approached. It wasn't like the usual getting together around a fire to tell stories and laugh. Instead, there was a thick silence that made it seem like the snow was listening and holding its breath. The tribe's secret pointed to danger and bad things. They had never seen shadows like the ones around their house before. They walked quietly through the icy fields and into the cold woods. Aside from being shadows cast by trees or clouds, these things seemed to be moving toward the tribe's land on their own. As the elders spoke in a worried tone, Ayla stood with her people. Her young heart was racing with a mix of fear and joy. It looked like the excitement had come right to her door. She had always wanted to go on trips and show off how good she was at martial arts. The leaders told everyone to be careful because they didn't know what the shadows meant in terms of danger. They told troops that they needed to be ready to protect their people and that they should look into these shadows to figure out what they were trying to do.
