Into the Land of the Unicorns

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

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April‘s selection for my kids‘ fantasy book club at the library. It was my favorite when I was little, so I was eager to see how it would be received by today‘s generation, 30 years later. It dawned a gorgeous, sunny day (after a month full of rain), so I had only one attendee. Lucky for me, Maeve is my (secret) favorite! She LOVED the book, which was validating. If I‘m being honest, much of my taste today can be traced back exactly this far.👇🏻

monalyisha 1/1: A portal fantasy featuring a young girl who has a close relationship with her grandmother, and who seeks refuge inside a moody old church? It‘s *basically* my literary origin story. 😅 7h

CSeydel That‘s so cool! I remember my son reading this one, years ago. 6h

BethM I loved this series as a kid and still own my copies. There‘s 5 in the series I believe. I was always so sad he didn‘t give it the attention he gave his other books. 34m

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bookishbitch

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

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I only recently heard about this middle reader series. I'm so glad I did. The story is excellent. Since it is a series and there is more adventure to come I will be collecting the rest. (6 more) And it has a few different cover options but I loved this artwork the most. If you like portal adventures, unicorns and dragons you might want to check these out. (It may be too scary for some children so know your reader.)

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persephone1408

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Look what I found lol 🦄🐲🐉🔥

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Roary47

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville Coville

🧮Yes, the tagged book holds the most rereads, The Lion, the witch, and the woredrobe, and Dinoverse. 👀 I would say yes. I do not pick it up to find out what it says without it catching my eye. 🌈Anything by Aldo Leopold. My favorite being The Sand County Almanac. Thank you for the tag @wanderinglynn Want to play @Littlewolf1 @CatVall85 @Tiffanyrgp ?

wanderinglynn The tagged sounds like a fun book. 👍🏻 4y

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Roary47

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This is probably the 5th time I‘ve read this book. It was the first book my dad gave me money to purchase. I‘ve loved it for a long time, but finally have the whole set to finish and enjoy. I‘ll need a new copy next time I read it since it is well worn through the years.

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Roary47

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Well, I was still finishing up April, but man I have a lot to catch up in the last week of May.

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BethM

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

#7days7books I loved this series as a kid and read the final one in high school when he finally decided to finish the series.

BridgetteM I loved this series too! I never did read the last one, though. 5y

Literary_Siren 🖤🖤 yes! I love Bruce Coville!! 5y

JazzFeathers It looks deliciously 1980s 5y

Avanders This looks like my jam... I‘ll need to hunt a copy down! 5y

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glitterkitty459

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

#Frideas @SailorMoon thanks for these fun prompts! 🤗

1️⃣ I love ALL the Star Wars movies ❤️ and Ella Enchanted
2️⃣⬆️Ella Enchanted again, and The Princess Bride
3️⃣ Percy Jackson 😩 not a fan of that adaptation
4️⃣ Adam Driver 😍
5️⃣ I SO wish this was more popular and would be turned into a movie! 🦄

tournevis About №3, neither is the author. He wrote a long, detailed blog post about it. 6y

SailorMoon Thanks for playing!!! 🥰🌙 6y

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Jabberwocky

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

Guys I have loved all things #unicorn ever since I was a little kid and my dad read me the tagged book. And LOOK WHAT MY FUTURE WIFE GOT ME FOR A WEDDING PRESENT! 😍📚♥️ #bookshelfcandy #shelfie

wanderinglynn Aw, how cool & so thoughtful! ❤️🦄 7y

readordierachel Awesome!!! 7y

Zelma Ooh, it‘s beautiful! 😍 7y

Crinoline_Laphroaig So cool! 😍 7y

BookishTrish Yay, future wife! 7y

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glitterkitty459

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

Congrats on the Litfluence milestone!!!🎉 @LazyDays 😁
Two of my favorite books are: The Book Thief and Into the Land of Unicorns by Bruce Coville🦄 (1st in the Unicorn Chronicles series)
#LitsyLoveDay

LazyDays Thanks for entering and good luck!😊 7y

LazyDays I think I've read the unicorn book. A long long time ago! 7y

wordslinger42 I love Bruce Coville! I read the first two in that series, but never finished it! I have the full series, though... maybe time to revisit it! 7y

LazyDays @wordslinger42 sounds fun! I definitely stacked it!😊 7y

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Mindyrecycles

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

I cannot think about unicorns without thinking about this little storybook my daughter made when she was in fourth grade. She won a citywide contest with it. I love it so much! #🦄 #emojimadness

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

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A great fantasy primer, with complicated villains & complex emotions.

The very beginning & very end are the best parts. The first chapter features: a church as sanctuary, a dangerous man chasing a young girl & her grandmother, a precious amulet, & a fearless dive off of a tall tower into magic... or an untimely death. 🤷‍♀️ The end brings a dragon named FireThroat, the many returns of lost things, & the gift of tongues. It (mostly) holds up. 🦄

Clwojick, monalyisha

monalyisha #ThrowbackReadathon 7y

Laalaleighh Omg omg omg. My (librarian) aunt gave me this book to read while staying at her house as a kid and I‘ve been trying to find it ever since so I could finish the series but she couldn‘t remember the name- and I could just remember some vague things about the plot and that there was an amulet. THANK YOU I‘ve only been looking for this for like almost 20 years!! 7y

monalyisha @Laalaleighh Even if this Readathon were a complete bust otherwise (it‘s not), this would‘ve made it completely worth it! I‘m so happy for you!!!! 🎉😍💖🦄 7y

Laalaleighh Awww 💙💙💙 thank you!!!! You‘re so sweet!! ✨🦄✨🦄✨ I cant wait to order this one and FINALLY read the rest of the series! 7y

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

“Her heart was filled with an icy pain. Here is the reason: When the arrow struck [the unicorn], he had snapped up his head so fast that the tip of his horn caught beneath Beloved‘s breastbone and broke off there. That piece of horn was now lodged in her heart, which was doomed to be forever wounded, forever healing, both in the same instant.”

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Clwojick, monalyisha

Christine11 Gorgeous picture 🦄 7y

monalyisha Art cred: “Astral Unicorn” by Steve Read (appropriate last name, huh? 😉) (edited) 7y

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

Snack break! 🐰🍊🤓

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Clwojick, monalyisha

DivineDiana So sweet! 🐰#bunniesoflitsy (edited) 7y

Tamra 💜 7y

CouronneDhiver 😍😍😍😍 7y

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abbsinwonderland Aww, so cute. Makes me miss all my rabbits. 😍 7y

rubyslippersreads ❤️🐰❤️ 7y

JessClark78 ❤️❤️ 7y

monalyisha #rabbitsoflitsy (edited) 7y

Clwojick Aweeee! So sweet! Now I want a bunbun ♥️🐰 7y

ReadingRover Omg 🐰 7y

MiyakoBunny Awwww 🐰 Is he/she Potty 🚽 trained too? 😍😍😍I remember potty training my bunnies 🐰 7y

monalyisha @MiyakoBunny She is! We adopted her when she was about 6 months old & she was already completely litter box trained. She‘s 5 now - a whole paw! 🐾 7y

MiyakoBunny Awwwwww Any siblings for 🐰 ? 😍😍😍 7y

rustoryhuf Years ago, the public library children‘s room where I worked had a pet bunny. He was so loved by the children. 7y

monalyisha @MiyakoBunny No! We tried to get a friend for her, but she went on like, 18 bunny speed dates & wasn‘t interested in anybunny! We may try again in the future but it seems like she just likes us! 🤷‍♀️ 7y

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

“Run run hide cover butts not safe hotcha!”

The Squijum is the Jar Jar Binks of “Into the Land of the Unicorns.” 🙄🤦‍♀️

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Clwojick, monalyisha

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

#itme #butreally

I feel like I 100% have been making this face all morning. Need more coffee. ☕️☕️☕️

Also, can anyone tell me why I need reading (& all-the-time) glasses? Anyone? No? 😅🤓

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Clwojick, monalyisha

MemoirsForMe 😁😁😁 7y

jfalkens I have reading and all the time glasses too! 7y

Meeko93 😂👍 7y

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

Intro to Fantasy 101: “Find the Old One. Tell her, the Wanderer is weary.”

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Clwojick, monalyisha

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

At my parents‘ house for lunch, hanging out with this old man. 🐶

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Clwojick, monalyisha

valeriegeary All those wrinkles! 😍😍 7y

Clwojick Ooooooh. He‘s so adorable. ☺️ 7y

Bookzombie 💕🐶 7y

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Christine11 He‘s gorgeous! 😍 7y

Jabberwocky I loved these books!! My dad read these to me and did voices and very much inspired my love of books 7y

MinDea Awwww. He is so cute!! 7y

2BR02B I loved this book as a kid. I wanted a Lightfoot of my own. 🦄 7y

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

It‘s the first, true Weekend day of the #ThrowbackReadathon! Time to party! 🎉💃🏼

Unfortunately, I have to work 9-5 today, too. What the heck?! Who planned this? Who chose these dates?! Oh, right... that was me. 😆

I‘m planning to read some serious goodies today, though... so I‘m still excited.

Happy Saturday, guys!

Clwojick, monalyisha

BookMaven407 Happy Saturday 🙋🏻 7y

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

Top 10 books for the #ThrowbackReadathon (Jan 25-28):

🦄” Into the Land of the Unicorns”
🐰 “Bunnicula”
💋”The 24-Hour Lipstick Mystery”
🐬”A Ring of Endless Light”
👻”Welcome to the Deadhouse” (Goosebumps # 1)
🚍”Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger”
🍫”Charlie & the Chocolate Factory”
💎”Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator”
⚰️”Out of the Madhouse” (The Gatekeeper Trilogy # 1)
💡”Kristy‘s Great Idea” (BSC Graphix # 1)*

... & many more!

Clwojick, monalyisha

monalyisha *Cheating a little bit with the graphic novel adaptation of “The Babysitter‘s Club.” (I make my own damn rules! 😜) (edited) 7y

Clwojick This ones one mine too, because I always wanted to read it as a child, but never got my hands on it. 😆

Bunnicula

Bookzombie @Clwojick So it can be books we somehow missed as a kid too? Also, what about ones I read in middle school, is that okay? 🙂 7y

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Libby1 ❤️Bunnicula❤️ 7y

monalyisha @Bookzombie I‘m not reading any I missed as a kid, but it‘s your weekend; you can shape it however you like. I would *focus* on/make the bulk of your list rereads, though, since that‘s the spirit of the event. I think at least one or two of mine were middle-school reads. It all kinda blends. 😉 (edited) 7y

Clwojick @Bookzombie I'm taking it all the way back, and even rereading some of my favourite picture books ( Dr Seuss, Robert Munsch ) then I'll be passing the books along to my nephew. 7y

monalyisha @Clwojick I love that you have someone to pass them along to after! How sweet. Somehow, I don‘t think the only child in my life (an 8-year old boy) would want my Sweet Valley books. 😅 (edited) 7y

Clwojick @monalyisha save them for a giveaway? People went wild over my R L Stine giveaway. 👏😆 7y

kendrastephaniekaryn Ooh! I'll post my list when I get to work. Great choices! 7y

Bookzombie @monalyisha @Clwojick Thanks! My list is rereads, but I just wanted to check. I‘m looking forward to the readathon! 🙂 7y

monalyisha @kendrastephaniekaryn Can‘t wait to see what you‘ve picked! 7y

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

Okay, I know this is totally lame... but my name is too fun to keep to myself.

Say it with me: Inklelyinkleshinkle Winklez

I like it. I'm keeping it. 👌🏻

Plus, the tagged Bruce Coville book was my JAM when I was a kid! 🍇🍓🦄🌈

DebbieGrillo Dinklebbinkle 8y

Marchpane Minklegginkle 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Binklerbinklerinkle - I'll stick to the original! 🤣🤣 8y

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monalyisha @BarbaraTheBibliophage That's such a good one! 😅 8y

Clwojick Cinklessinklendrinkle oh my 🙈 8y

Clwojick Winklejinkleck is the last name. Hahahha 8y

StephBengtson Stincklephinkleninkleinkle 🦄✨ 8y

Jadams89 Jinklessinklecinkle Inkledinklems -- that's a mouthful. 8y

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