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Reach for this book when your child expresses frustration with their appearance or feels like an outsider because they don't fit a specific mold. Maggie is a unicorn who finds her signature horn clunky, annoying, and altogether too much. While her peers seem to love being unicorns, Maggie wishes she could just be a regular horse without the magical appendage that always seems to get in the way. Through a lighthearted narrative, the story explores the heavy feeling of self-consciousness and the desire to change oneself to fit in. As Maggie navigates her feelings of being 'different' even among her own kind, children ages 3 to 7 will see their own insecurities mirrored in a safe, whimsical context. This book is a wonderful tool for parents to normalize the 'ugly duckling' phase of childhood. It provides a gentle bridge to discuss how our unique features, which we might currently dislike, are often the very things that make us special and capable of helping others in ways no one else can.
