Books like A Unicorn Named Sparkle
By Amy Young
For the kid who's ordered something from a catalog and pictured it perfectly before it ever showed up, this is the story of what happens when reality doesn't match the daydream. Silly, a little scruffy, and warmhearted underneath the goofiness.
An extra-long dachshund named Pretzel wins every dog show with ease, but Greta, the dachshund across the street, isn't impressed by long dogs — until his unusual length turns out to be exactly what saves the day.
A gray cat named Charlie appears from the woods and settles into Elizabeth's and Sarah's nights, but disappears every day until a storm keeps him away and reveals his other home.
A stray cat named Debbie starts visiting Mrs. Ainsworth's house, welcomed despite the three Basset hounds already living there, and gives the household an unexpected Christmas gift.
When a crocodile egg rolls into her nest, Mother Duck simply hatches it with the rest and raises the little crocodile as one of her own ducklings.
A fisherman's son who spends his days alone with six cats finds a baby whale washed up after a storm and secretly brings it home to care for it — until it needs the sea again.
A young unicorn raised by narwhals under the sea has always felt a little different — until a strong current sweeps him to the surface and he spots a creature on land that looks just like him.
A toy bear waits on a department store shelf night after night, hoping someone will love him despite his missing button — until a little girl named Lisa decides he's exactly the bear she wants.
A stray dog named Widget finds a home with a kind woman by pretending to be a cat like the six felines already living there — until his true dog nature saves the day.
A little girl flies with her family all the way to Holland to visit her grandparents, but somewhere along the journey, her beloved Knuffle Bunny goes missing again.
A girl's cat Sheba has three kittens, but her father says their one-cat apartment can't keep them all — so April must find a way to save the family she loves.
A little bird named Choco longs for a mother and searches among all kinds of animals, none of whom look like him, before finding one in a warm, unexpected shape.
At the Central Park Zoo, two male penguins named Roy and Silo build a nest together, and a kindly zookeeper gives them an abandoned egg to hatch and raise as their own.
