Pearl the Proper Unicorn

Pearl #3

by Sally Odgers, Adele K. Thomas (Illustrator)

Pearl, Olive and Tweet meet another unicorn! His name is Prince Percy and he is positively perfect in every way! But when mean, smelly gobble-uns take over the pond, can Prince Percy’s perfect magic help them? Or will Pearl’s magic be just what they need?

128 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2019

About the author

Sally Odgers was born in Tasmania in the 1950s, went to school there in the 1960s, married there in the 1970s, and had her children there in the 1980s. Her first book was published in 1977.

Reviews

[Schizanthus Nerd · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third in an extremely PINK! series about a magical unicorn whose magic doesn’t always work so well and her friends, Olive the ogre and Tweet the firebird. This book introduces a new character, Prince Percival the Positively Perfect Prancer, who is just as pretentious as his name suggests. Prior to Prince Percy’s snobbish arrival Pearl thought she was the only unicorn in the Kingdom.

Before long Percy has stomped all over Pearl’s self esteem by questioning her magic and pointing out all of the things she does that aren’t “proper” for a unicorn. Unfortunately these supposed improprieties are what makes Pearl special and it made my blood boil that Pearl was so willing to discard her uniqueness as soon as a boy unicorn told her she should.

Naturally, in the end Percy learns there’s more than one proper way to do magic, Pearl’s imperfect magic helps save the day and the nasty gobble-uns wander off to no doubt plan some stinky scheme for the next book so I guess all’s well that ends well but I hope Percy is off on a quest in a distant land during the next book because I still don’t like him. This would be a good book to teach kids that no one has the right to try to dull their shine.

Adele K. Thomas’ illustrations once again steal the show, with great expressions, a waving frog and so much cuteness.

While this is my least favourite book of the series so far I’m pretty certain I’ll wind up borrowing the fourth book, Pearl the Happy Unicorn, from my library when it arrives so prepare yourself for some more PINK!

[Rhyllis Bignell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sally Odgers’ continues her delightful magical series in ‘Pearl the Proper Unicorn.’ Colourful pages, borders, magical words, make this an easy-to read and share story, just right for young unicorn fans.

Pearl loves making special treats for her friends, Tweet the Firebird and Olive the Ogre, each sometimes muddled combination of words accompanied by her head tossing and hoof stomping creates unique results. She’s interrupted by an excited Tweet who flies in and lands on Pearl’s horn announcing a special visitor to the kingdom. Pearl is surprised to meet Prince Percival the Positively Perfect Prancer with a sparkling horn and gorgeous long tail.

He’s surprised by Pearl’s magical spell casting, he stands perfectly still and doesn’t wiggle or muddle up the words. Unfortunately, he’s not impressed with Pearl’s friends, a horrible noisy ogre and a small firebird. When stinky gobble-uns take over the pond turning it into a smelly place, the colour of pea soup, Pearl has to make a decision. Will she follow perfect Prince Percival’s advice and try proper magic or will she use her hoof tossing, tail swishing and flicking song? Problem solving, valuing friends and believing in yourself help Pearl to grow and believe in herself.

Adele K Thomas’ fun, pink, grey and black pictures show both Pearl’s magical world and add sparkle to Sally Odgers enchanting story. ‘Pearl the Proper Unicorn’ is just right for young unicorn lovers stepping from picture books to early chapter stories.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Pearl #3
Pearl returns for another wacky tale with the goblin type characters, lashings of pink, and a tale with the theme of being who you are, accepting differences and attempting to defining what is proper.
Ok young readers may get a big kick out of it.

[Elizabeth Mun · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked The book because Pearl met another Unicorn called Prince Percy and he called Pearl Princess Pearl Pretty Pants!

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same formula but with an annoyingly “proper” unicorn.

[Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars according to my 9.5 year old!