The Great Unicorn Rescue - by Diane Ewen (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

The Great Unicorn Rescue is an enchanting, unicorn-filled tale about friendship and fighting your fears, from the award-winning, bestselling Diane Ewen.

Louella lives on the edge of a forest. But this isn't just any forest - this forest has unicorns in it! Louella's unicorn is called Norrie, and they love collecting shells together from the stream and spending all day together. Norrie's special power is being able to cast a bright beam of light - so although Louella's biggest fear is the dark, she never has to worry with Norrie around!

Until, one day, when Louella's school has a class trip into the forest and Norrie doesn't appear. Where could Norrie have got to? Can Louella overcome her biggest fear to help her friend out?

An enchanting story about friendship and how facing your fear with friends might just make that fear disappear altogether!

The authorial debut from Diane Ewen, illustrator of Coming to England and winner of the Jericho Prize and the Queen's Knickers award.

Review Quotes

"A glorious spectrum of vibrant colour, a truly heartwarming tale about a little girl scared of the dark, and a celebration of friendship blend together in one magical picture book. This book has been perfectly designed to empower." --Pam Norfolk, Lancashire Post

"utterly charming, enchanting, magical story" --Armadillo

About the Author

Diane Ewen was born in Walsall, in the West Midlands. She has always loved art, and graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a B.A. Honours Degree in Illustration. Diane likes to create illustrations that are hand-drawn in pencil, which she paints in watercolour and acrylics before embellishing them using Photoshop, but she also enjoys working directly on the computer screen to create her characters and designs. Diane loves the fact that the artwork is often the first thing that draws children into a book, and is inspired by the use of vibrant colour.

She is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed picture book Coming to England, written by Floella Benjamin, as well as writing and illustrating Norrie and Louella's adventures in The Great Unicorn Rescue and The Great Unicorn Escape. Diane has won both the Jericho Prize and the Queen's Knickers Award, along with Children's Illustrated Book of the Year 2023 for the collaborative work Hey You! by Dapo Adeola.