Unicorn (And Horse) : Story Summary
Unicorn (And Horse) : Story Summary
Unicorn (And Horse) : Story Summary
Publisher Familius
Ages 2–6
Activity Ideas
Horse, Horse, Unicorn
Genre Fiction
Ask children to sit in a circle. Choose one child to
Text Structure Third person narrative with some dialogue walk around the outside of the circle and touch each
sitting child on the head (shoulder) saying horse or
Themes & Ideas friendship, change, jealousy
unicorn. When the child says “unicorn”, the sitting
Language & Familiar language, dialogue, and many child gets up and both children race around the
Literary Features different punctuation marks.
circle. The first child back in place sits and the last
Sentence
Simple and complex sentences. child becomes the one to walk around the circle and
Complexity
sapphire, paddock, startled, prance, repeat the game.
Vocabulary
chomp, frumpy
Find the Differences.
Special
jealousy Print or find drawings of a horse and unicorn.
Vocabulary
Hilarious illustrations of endearing What differences do you notice between the two?
Illustrations
characters
Act Like a Unicorn, Act Like a Horse
Use your imagination to act like a unicorn and then
act like a horse.
Have you ever been jealous of someone Share a time when you were also jealous
and how you handled it.
else? How did you handle it?
4:41 How is Horse feeling? What clues do you see to help you answer the question?
4:45 How is Unicorn feeling? What clues do you see to help you answer the question?
Unicorn
________________ is a
Horse ________________.
Think of one of your friends. What is something that the two of you “Horse and Unicorn are friends.
enjoy? Draw a picture of the two of you doing the thing you like to And that’s better than anything—
do together and then complete the verse below. even pink cupcakes.”
Draw a line to match the animals in Unicorn (and Horse) Hint: Answers can be found in the story
to the phrase they said or thought. on Vooks at timestamp 3:24.