Weigelt, Udo. The Legendary Unicorn.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

WEIGELT, Udo. The Legendary Unicorn. tr. by J. Alison James. illus. by Julia Gukova. unpaged. North-South. 2004. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-7358-1961-0. LC number unavailable.

K-Gr 3--Every evening, animals gather in the woods to share stories. On the way there, Hedgehog sees a unicorn drinking from a stream and rushes to tell the others. Hare says that unicorns are only legends, and pompous Bear maintains that it was just an illusion. Even when they view the unicorn with their own eyes, they still refuse to believe that it exists. The next evening, the animals are unable to remember a single story, and the forest seems dull and cheerless. They postulate that their doubts …