Sparkle is white with a pink heart on his rump his blue horn resembles a party hat. Lucy has dark, curly hair and pale beige skin. Illustrations are lively, humorous, and expressive onomatopoeic sounds in large capitals are incorporated into text and art to dramatic effect. Children will enjoy this cute but thin Halloween story that offers some thrills, sweet good cheer, and reassurances that loyal friendship rises above all. Just then, Lucy spies a large pumpkin hurtling toward her and believes she’s within a monster’s clutches-until the pumpkin breaks open and…all ends well. It’s perfect-except he still hears the monster’s fearsome cry and quakes in terror so much the pumpkin detaches from its vine and careens down a hill. Sparkle hides hearing a terrifying wail, he concludes it’s a “pumpkin monster.” Opening a large pumpkin, Sparkle steps inside, creating a perfect new hideaway. Decorating pumpkins is the unicorn’s least fun activity of all: His (carved with his horn) looks happy, but Lucy’s is scary, frightening him so much that he races into the darkened pumpkin patch, a worried Lucy calling after him. They play games eat treats, which Sparkle loves and have spooky encounters, which Sparkle doesn’t. Lucy and her unicorn, Sparkle, anticipate fun at a pumpkin farm. Who knew a unicorn could be a scaredy-cat?
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