Reference Reviews

Reference for Students

Unicorns. By Elizabeth Silverthorne. Detroit, Mich.: Kidshaven Press Thomson Gale, 2008. 1 vol. 48 p. $26.20. ISBN 10: 0-7377-3782-4; 13: 978-0-7377-3782-0.

Students will read about the mysterious unicorn, why it has fascinated people over the centuries, how primitive people considered the New Moon the unicorn, how Marco Polo mistook a rhinoceros for a unicorn, and how, in 1985, Ringling Brothers Circus tried to use unicorn pretenders. Beautiful color photographs and inset boxes illustrate the text. Appendixes include a 1-page glossary and a 2-page bibliography of books and Web sites.