Description: With the help of her favorite stuffed unicorn, Claire travels from enchanted forest to palace to pumpkin patch to ask fairy tale royalty for their version of happily ever after. Full color.

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Children's Literature Review: What is it precisely that makes a person happy forever? This is the burning question our heroine Claire asks her father after reading one of the many fairy tales he has shared with his unicorn-loving daughter at bedtime. Dad has a convenient bedtime suggestion: Claire should think about it overnight and let him know what her answer is in the morning. This, as we know, means Claire is going to dream about it. She flies on the back of her unicorn Capricorn to a magical land where she meets several fairytale types, like a princess, and some un-fairy tale types, like the Library Fairy. Each has a different answer. This, Claire and her father conclude, is just as it should be. Although the story is a bit predictable and slight, little princesses who are fans of fairy tales will enjoy this picture book very much. The full-color illustrations are frothy confections of jewel tones and rich textures, very dreamlike and fanciful.

Reviewed by Dianne Ochiltree. Copyright March 2006 Children's L...

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