SuitabookUnicorn Crossing
Dana Simpson
- Reading
- Try reading a few comic strips together, pausing to notice how the drawings and dialogue shape the humour. Follow up by asking which moments show the friends appreciating one another.
- Themes
- Friendship and loneliness: Phoebe and Marigold become friends, share adventures and come to acknowledge that they had been lonely before meeting. The friendship is presented as a meaningful bond that helps the characters recognise and appreciate their connection.
- Comic-strip storytelling: The book follows the friends through humorous adventures in a drawn comic-strip format. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Loneliness is part of the friendship story: the pair recognise they had been lonely before they met.