Unicorns are big hit with my youngest child, so we always have to check out any books with unicorns in them. While she is normally thrilled with the mere mention of unicorns, she paused after we read To Ride a Unicorn. She said it was cute but was disappointed that there wasn't much to the story. It might be better suited for young toddlers.

If there was ever a "how to" book that a little girl could get behind, this is it. My 4 year old was completely enamoured with the step-by-step guide to capturing and, eventually, riding a unicorn. She was dazzled by how simple it seemed and set about making up her own instructions as well. In my heart, a book that can inspire imagination like that is a winner.

As a mom, I enjoyed reading it too. It was a cute little frolic into the imaginary land of unicorns...and who can't use that once in a while?

This is a really cute children's book about how to find a unicorn and be able to ride on it. The story is magical and my daughter loved it. The illustrations are bright and colourful and the words are easy to read.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I read this book to my great niece and she loved the pictures. She is 4 so she was able to follow around with the story. It's a very cute story with a story that isn't difficult for young kids to follow around. It's an easy read that didn't leave me tongue tied.

Cute little “how to” book for young readers to learn the intricacies of finding, feeding and riding a unicorn. The illustrations are simple and bright and the story is quick and fun. A delight for any little unicorn enthusiast in your life.

The unicorn-frenzy has not reached us (yet?), maybe that's why my 3.5-year-old daughter was not really interested in the story - a story which I find very odd I must admit.
The illustrations however are fantastic. I'm not sure if they truly are children's drawings but I had the impression all along that I'm looking at the work of a small kid. Simple lines, lively colours, it's full of life and promise! Lovely indeed.

Many thanks for NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for this Advance Reading Copy.

Want a ride on a unicorn? This sweetly illustrated children's book for ages 4 and up gives you the "how to." Hint: it includes apples.

My kids would love this one, because: unicorns. I found it to be very cute and entertaining, but it lacked an over arching message to take away. I'd recommend this one to any little girl who loves unicorns and has dreamed about taking a ride on one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for this ARC.

3.5 stars

This is an adorable little book with simple illustrations about catching a unicorn. It's so fun to go along the journey to find one.

The concept behind the book is fun, but the reality was a little flat. I wasn't a fan of the illustrations, they were juvenile at best. The story also was not interesting. I was bored a few pages in.

A whimsical adventure with a unicorn. A friendship between a girl and unicorn. What would it be like to catch a unicorn? What does it take?

A book for unicorn lovers everywhere.

A special thank you to Clavis Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

A beautifully illustrated book which makes it perfect for bedtime reading with a 2 year old but the story is also perfect for a 5 year old who is learning read. A lovely story about the joy of catching and riding a unicorn.

An adorable book about how to capture and ride the elusive unicorn. Cute illustrations, and engaging text. My 5 year old and I enjoyed reading this book!

3.5 stars- a great book for unicorn lovers! Westgate’s tale teaches young adventurers how to catch and ride a unicorn. I loved the whimsical nature of the illustrations, and they were my favorite part of the book.

The lower rating was for a few reasons. One, the title doesn’t quite fit- it’s mostly about how to catch a unicorn. Very little of the book is actually about riding unicorns. I also felt the pacing was a little off, although I couldn’t put my finger on exactly why.

Despite the lower rating, I would still recommend this book.

I read this book with my first grader, who thought it was delightful. She loves unicorns and thought the idea of finding a unicorn in the forest was very fun. We both liked the illustrations- they were very colorful and interesting to look at on each page. Some of the pages were more text-heavy than others, but the story flowed well and it was a pretty quick read.
Note: I received an advance review copy for free from NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

📚Book Review📚 To Ride a Unicorn by Vanessa Westgate

I love this picture book so much!!! I have a 3 year old boy and 2 year old girl who both adore unicorns and they will love this book! I love that it takes you on a logical journey and builds suspense, but it’s also in a very simple way that’s familiar to a child. It’s whimsical, funny, and absolutely delightful. This is one we will definitely buy. 🦄 Available October 19th!

Thanks to @netgalley and @clavis_publishing for access to the e-arc.

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A delightful step-by-step guide to catching a wild unicorn.

Although I selected this book to read with my young children, I found myself enjoying it as well. The narrator provides exciting, fascinating directions to catching a unicorn in a wild, even including how to ride one. The dialogue felt natural and the story was engaging.

My only "complaint", if you can even all it that, is when the unicorn is hiding. My children, even my three-year-old, love to find hidden pictures. In several instances, however, the unicorn was in plain sight. My children would have preferred looking for the unicorn instead.

This book has writing that's a bit longer in length than your average short bedtime story, so I think it would be best for children used to longer sentences and older kids with guided reading help. It's a cute and funny story about experiencing riding a unicorn, but first the reader must know where unicorns hide and to find one. The art style is simple but colorful and playful which I think would definitely draw the attention of the book's intended audience. Very cute and whimsical overall.

To Ride a Unicorn is a sweet and colorful book about how to find and ride a unicorn. Unicorns are shy and secretive, but if you follow the tips in the story you may just be lucky enough to lure one out and ride it!

The illustrations in this book are beautiful, bright and colorful. They pair nicely with the story and any child who loved whimsical tales, especially featuring mythical creatures, will enjoy this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy.

A cute and quirky little book about how to catch and ride a Unicorn. It is colorful and whimsical and fun.

One criterion for a book being 'good' is whether or not I could imagine a better equivalent. And I so easily could with this instance. It's a book that splashes a few words on the page about where unicorns like to do their gambolling and cavorting and so on, then acres of verbiage about how you tempt one near with apples, then again a few quick spreads about riding on the back of one. And that's it. Now, I don't care how easy it is to speed up and slow down the reader with the visual detail and word count and so on, for this is a breeze then a snore inappropriate for the target reader then a gallop then the end, and it serves nobody much good. The whole structure of the 'story' (for want of a better word) is just off. Not forgetting the fact the landscapes the unicorn-tempter and her ride here pace through have a uniform, artless lack of magic and wonder. A lot of this goes to make the fact the unicorn here is addressed solely as a male one of the least unfortunate decisions about this book, which I really could not recommend. If I've ended up giving this two stars it's out of sheer generosity, and because 1.5 is as close to that as is the utterly reprehensible of the one star, ie anti-Semitism, anti-police racism, Covid propaganda, etc.