There's a Unicorn in Your Book: Number 1 picture-book bestseller (Who's in Your Book?)

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The gentle and pensive maiden has the power to tame the unicorn, fresco by Domenichino, c. 1604–05 ( Palazzo Farnese, Rome) [1] By the beginning of the 21st Century, unicorns became a queer icon, second only to the rainbow flag, symbolizing queerness. [37] [38] The rainbow flag, created by American artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 as a joyous symbol of the diversity of the queer community, became prominent during the gay rights protests of the 1970s and 1980s. Unicorns, which were intrinsically linked to rainbows since the Victorian Era, became symbol of the queer community. [39] But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of the unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil."— Psalms 92:10 Aelian (220) [circa]. "Book 3. Chapter 41.". On the Nature of Animals (Περὶ Ζῴων Ἰδιότητος, De natura animalium). trans. A.F.Scholfield.

Five years ago the lights went out, cars stopped in the streets, and magical creatures began roaming the towns and countrysides of Earth. Pete Garey, a young loner who survived the Change and the madness that followed, spent two years wandering and scavenging the near-deserted cities and towns alone — until the day he encountered an injured unicorn.” Immortal Unicorn edited by Peter S. Beagle The qilin ( Chinese: 麒麟), a creature in Chinese mythology, is sometimes called "the Chinese unicorn", and some ancient accounts describe a single horn as its defining feature. However, it is more accurately described as a hybrid animal that looks less unicorn than chimera, with the body of a deer, the head of a lion, green scales and a long forwardly-curved horn. The Japanese version ( kirin) more closely resembles the Western unicorn, even though it is based on the Chinese qilin. The Quẻ Ly of Vietnamese myth, similarly sometimes mistranslated "unicorn" is a symbol of wealth and prosperity that made its first appearance during the Duong Dynasty, about 600 CE, to Emperor Duong Cao To, after a military victory which resulted in his conquest of Tây Nguyên. In November 2012 the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences, as well as the Korea News Service, reported that the Kiringul had been found, which is associated with a kirin ridden by King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo. [47] [48] Sixteen magical tales about the most wondrous of all creatures.” Touched by Magic by Doranna Durgin

Middle Grade Books About Unicorns

Why is the Unicorn Scotland's national animal?". The Scotsman. 19 November 2015 . Retrieved 14 April 2019.

Bhairav, J. Furcifer; Khanna, Rakesh (2021). Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India. India: Blaft Publications Pvt. Ltd. p.395. ISBN 9789380636467.Hearthwitch Maggie Brown meets minstrel Colin Songsmith and a unicorn named Moonshine while saving both her sister and the kingdom.” Acorna: The Unicorn Girl by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball Universal Leonardo: Leonardo da Vinci online› Young woman seated in a landscape with a unicorn". www.universalleonardo.org. and the main character is a female who is part unicorn, part human, (centaur-like) and she finds like a d..." However, when the unicorn appears in the medieval legend of Barlaam and Josaphat, ultimately derived from the life of the Buddha, it represents death, as the Golden Legend explains. [21] Unicorns in religious art largely disappeared after they were condemned by Molanus after the Council of Trent. [22] Nobody knew where it had come from, or what it wanted. Not even Jaive, the sorceress, could fathom the mystery of the fabled beast. But Tanaquil, Jaive’s completely unmagical daughter, understood it at once. She knew why the unicorn was there: It had come for her. It needed her.” Adult Books About Unicorns Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry

Further north, you’ll find interesting examples of Scottish unicorns at Stirling Castle, home of the ‘Hunt of the Unicorn’ tapestries, and Dundee, where HMS Unicorn, one of the oldest warships in the world, proudly displays a unicorn as its figurehead. Unicorns in our collections Queer individuals tend to relate to the unicorn because of their unique sexual orientation and gender identity. [40] A New Orleans journalist, Tracey Anne Duncan, described her connection to unicorn when she watched The Last Unicorn as a child. In the film, the protagonist believed she was one of a kind throughout her life. Tracey was able to relate to that feeling, even though she didn't really know what "her kind" was at that time. [37] The answer to that question lies in heraldry – the age-old practice of designing and displaying coats of arms or crests to distinguish between groups of people, armies or institutions. Using heraldry as our guide, we can see that the unicorn was first introduced to the royal coat of arms of Scotland around the mid-1500s. When challenge-loving April leads the girls on a hike up the TALLEST mountain they’ve ever seen, things don’t go quite as planned. For one, they didn’t expect to trespass into the lands of the ancient Cloud People, and did anyone happen to read those ominous signs some unknown person posted at the bottom of the mountain? Also, unicorns.” The Road to Balinor by Mary Stanton

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I don’t know about you, but I went through a serious unicorn phase when I was a kid, which lasted well into high school not because of Lisa Frank, but rather thanks to Sue Dawe and her ability to make unicorns look like they were all stepping off of a heavy metal album cover. I’m not sure when dragons suddenly took over from unicorns as being “cooler” in my brain, but they never fully expunged these magical horses and their stab-a-guy-ready horns. And while I think dragons have taken over fantasy that involves magical creatures, unicorns are still gamely hanging onto the written word, just waiting for their chance to take over again. Here’s a list of 50 books about unicorns (not just unicorns as “also appearing”), both old and new, that are well worth reading. Linda S Godfrey (2009). Mythical creatures. Chelsea House Publishers. p.28. ISBN 978-0-7910-9394-8. When the young horse, Morgan, is swept over a waterfall and breaks his leg, he is rescued by a magical unicorn, who changes Morgan into a unicorn.” When Unicorns Poop by Lexie Castle, illustrated by Christian Cornia G Schiller, Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. I,1971 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, pp. 52-4 & figs 126-9, ISBN 0-85331-270-2, another image Wilson, Samuel M. "The Emperor's Giraffe", Natural History Vol. 101, No. 12, December 1992 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02 . Retrieved 2012-04-14. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)