Layla, the Last Black Unicorn
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
From beloved comedian, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Haddish comes Layla, the Last Black Unicorn, a hilarious, original picture book tale about a lovable but awkward unicorn who learns why her uniqueness is her biggest strength.
It’s not easy to fit in when you stand out. When Layla arrives for her first day of school at Unicornia, the school for unicorns, she realizes that she’s not like the other kids there. They’re all pastel colors and know the rules to Horn Ball and none of them come from the Woods like Layla does. Try as she might to make friends, Layla’s just . . . different. But when her class gets lost during a field trip to the Fiddle Dee Deep Forest, it’s up to Layla to step up and save the day.
Layla, the Last Black Unicorn is a hilariously heartwarming picture book about self-acceptance, self-esteem, and standing up for standing out by New York Times bestselling author, Grammy Award-winning comedian, and actress Tiffany Haddish and Jerdine Nolen, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Thunder Rose.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Layla, a jet-black unicorn with a curly gray mane, has had a fun summer exploring her home of Overlook Woods in this picture book by Haddish and Nolen. But when she starts school for the first time at Unicornia, her confidence is badly shaken: the cliquey, pastel-colored unicorns all seem to know one another, and they quickly dub Layla both "newbie" and "woodsy." After two awkward, lonely days, a forest field trip presents Layla with the opportunity to become class hero, when she rescues a teacher from the Ouchie Wowchie Shrub and calls on a friend—a huge minotaur—to help her class find their way back to school. It's a familiar story whose messaging feels shoehorned into often twee prose ("They just don't know how special you are yet... your time to shine will come"), but in Gibson's fanciful, textured art, Layla has both determination and style to spare. Ages 4–8.
