Welcome to an enchanted land ruled by unicorn princesses! Cressida Jenkins, a unicorn-obsessed girl who is sure that unicorns are real, is invited to visit, and readers will be thrilled to journey to the Rainbow Realm along with her! In each story, Cressida is called to help a unicorn princess and her sisters in a magical adventure.
Cressida is surprised to learn that there is an eighth Unicorn Princess named Feather whose magical ruby allows her to fly! Feather is an explorer, and she's back from her latest adventure. To celebrate, she planned a super-fun sleepover for her sisters and Cressida in the Sky Castle, complete with special pajamas that will allow their wearers to fly! But Ernest the wizard lizard once again casts an errant spell that will require all of the magic of the Unicorn Princesses--and some from Cressida too--to save the day.
This magical series is full of sparkle, fun, and friendship.
My 3.5 year old daughter loved this book and loves this series. I like it as an adult. The books are all pretty similar, but they have a good message of friendship and problem solving.
When my 5 y/o gets a goodreads account maybe she'll give this a 5 star rating (or maybe she's a tough grader, time will tell). I found the final scene to be excessive but she enjoyed imagining herself in the room for it. These stories are more imaginative than they need to be for the target audience and the plots are surprisingly sensible. The illustrations aren't ornate, but they get the job done. There are much worse read alouds out there.
Once again that troublesome Wizard Lizard messes up a spell and causes chaos. Luckily Cressida is there to save the day. No animals were hurt in the making of this adventure. Several unicorn princesses have big feels, but that's ok. Feel your feelings. Jealousy and FOMO are real and legit. Cressida comes up with a clever solution which involves a really nice throwback to all the fun adventures we've had along the way. It honestly felt like a satisfying close to the series.... though I think there are more.
I can imagine the targeted audience for the series in which this book is one toppling over themselves to read the series from book one to book infinity — as many as they come. Being an adult who happens to enjoy reading books just below the grade levels targeted here, I would have enjoyed it even more were there illustration at a higher frequency.
My 1 1/2 year old loooooves this book. It was her first chapter book! We would read a chapter or two before a nap or before bedtime and she’s obsessed. Already read it like 3 times because she keeps wanting to read about the unicorns!