UNICORN

Unicorns in all—well, most—colors of
the rainbow spot playmates peering from behind flaps.

Modeled from what looks like very
palely tinted Play-Doh or its digital equivalent and resembling edible
confections, single-hued unicorns Moonbeam, Daydream, Cupcake, and Sunshine
each pose in succession opposite a big, sturdy, shaped flap that, when lifted, causes
the next unicorn to pop up near likewise elevated clouds, mushrooms, flowers,
or some other hiding place. The first four gather (“There’s one more unicorn to
find. / Where is he? Do you know / Has he found a hiding place / behind the big
rainbow?”) for the climactic revelation of a fifth, named Sparkle, who combines
all the colors of the visible spectrum—except, for some reason, violet (or
maybe indigo—with all the pastels, it’s a little hard to tell), which is also
missing from the pastel arcs atop and beneath the flap. Maybe rainbows are
different in unicorn world.

A sugar rush for diaper-clad unicorn
devotees. (Pop-up board book. 1-3)