Louie Lets Loose! (Unicorn in New York)

Louie the Unicorn is ready for the bright lights of New York. He heads off for the New York School of Performing Arts to make a name for himself. Will this naïve, always positive Unicorn make it in there?
This title is recommended for optional purchase. The slap stick style of humor makes it a fun read for grades 2- 4, however, the characters and plotline are not very original. The most unique part of the book is the line drawings superimposed upon black and white photographs which create a sort of augmented reality aspect to the illustrations.

{My thoughts} – When I was a child I use to collect unicorns. They were one of those mythical creatures that use to fascinate me. I don’t collect them anymore, but they still are rather fascinating.

Louie is a unicorn that dreams of making it big in New York. He travels there from Story Land in hopes to attend the New York School of Performing Arts. When he gets to New York, he doesn’t quite understand how it is that humans mean to actually communicate with him and mistakes rudeness as acts of interest or liking.

On his way to the school he finds a Cafe where he eats his fill in cake and then ends up in a bit of trouble with the owner because he doesn’t have a way to pay for the cakes he’s ate. They strike a deal and then she show more sends him with a map to the school. When he gets to the school he makes some more poor judgment calls and ends up making a bunch of humans rather unhappy with him. Eventually it kind of gets sorted out – or the reader gets a better grasp of what’s going on.

If you’d like to know what happens be sure to read this book. It’s filled with Unicorns and Donuts and to me that makes it a pretty nice little book to read. I think any child that wants to have a fast silly read can enjoy this book. I look forward to passing it on to my children as well as to reading the other books in the series. show less