HAZLO A LO GRANDE O NO LO HAGAS. OTRA AVENTURA CHISPÁTICA DE NUESTRO UNICORNIO PREFERIDO
Chispas tiene un plan para conseguir su magia unicórnica antes del gran concurso de talentos. Pero algo sale mal. ¡PUM! Sin querer, ¡encoge a sus mejores amigos! Si quiere que vuelvan a su tamaño habitual, tendrá que pedir ayuda...
Calliope Glass is an editor and the writer of several popular titles for licenses like Star Wars, Marvel, and the Disney Princesses. She lives in New York City with her family.
We attempted our first chapter book this week, Sparkleton: The Mini Mistake.
Unicorns are always a hit in my house. Sparkleton is the third book in the series but was fine to read as a stand-alone. The unicorns are waiting/wishing for their powers and preparing for a talent show. Sparkleton is upset that Twinkle has gotten wish granting powers (the power he wants). When Sparkleton and his friends are accidentally shrunk they need Twinkle’s help to get back to normal size.
I liked that the author periodically told you how much you had read (number of words, chapters, etc). My kids thought the story was entertaining and asked me to keep reading a few times. Personally, I felt like some chapters weren’t necessary and the book would have been better if it had focused on either getting back to normal size or the talent show.
Ultimately, having Sparkleton realize that he was unfairly judging Twinkle was a nice message. We talked about what powers they would want and what it would be like to suddenly be tiny. The book has enough pictures to keep smaller children interested.
Sparkleton the unicorn is back with more magical adventures. Sparkleton really, really wants his unicorn magic to appear before the big talent show, but instead of getting wish granting powers, a run-in with a magical mushroom makes Sparkleton and his friends super tiny! While the world looks pretty exciting from this new perspective--who knew spiderwebs make great trampolines?--Sparkleton will never earn his magic if he can't get back to normal size soon.
Another Sparkleton tale! I appreciate that these reflect the age of their readers--they feature unicorns, magic, and glitter, but the friendship dynamics here are more relatable to what a child may be experiencing in 2nd-3rd grade. Sparkleton isn't a perfect unicorn (and neither is seemingly perfect Twinkle, as we discover in this book). Sparkleton is ready to grow up fast--a feeling shared by many 7-8-year-olds readers. Lots of fun with a good mix of humor.