SOLVED. Children's Picture Book. Unicorn changed villain's heart instead of skewering her. Read around 1994. [s]

[Summer]

I'm looking for a children's book on behalf of a friend. It is a picture book, which my friend read around 1994, at five years old.

To the best of my friend's recollection, the plot involves a little girl who befriended a unicorn. The girl's mother or stepmother is the antagonist of the story, though my friend can't remember what she did besides being mean to the girl, and towards the end the unicorn intends to skewer the mother/stepmother, but the girl steps in and says she doesn't want that, so instead the unicorn magically "changed her heart."

The little girl had a long braid, and the unicorn had a classic lion-type tasseled tail. My friend described the illustrations as "that sort of semi-realistic ink art style popular in older children's books, though it might not have been that old itself."

The last line of the book may have been something like "and they would ride until dawn, dancing on moonbeams."

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Is this different from your other unicorn thread?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

That thread could be closed if you don't post any new comments in it.

[Summer]

Yes, it's a different book. I am out of leads for the unicorn honey puddle book, and I'm willing to let it go.

[Sarah]

I think this might be Sarah's Unicorn by Bruce Coville?

[Summer]

Sarah, thank you, there's a very good chance that's it! I just have to wait for my friend to find a copy and confirm it.

[Kris]

Here's a read aloud video of Sarah's Unicorn by Bruce Coville - Sarah's suggestion:

- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2baF...

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Summer wrote: "Yes, it's a different book. I am out of leads for the unicorn honey puddle book, and I'm willing to let it go."

You have a suggestion in that thread from a few months ago.

[Summer]

Oh! Didn't notice, thank you

[Summer]

My friend has confirmed, the book is Sarah's Unicorn!