That's Not A Unicorn
Channel: For Your Entertainment
Date: 2019-04-03

THE STORY BEHIND "That's Not a Unicorn!":
As a teacher and parent I am constantly looking for fun ways to engage my children and students in teachable moments that ignite their imagination.

This story was born out of an illustration that I shared with my middle school students as I was encouraging them to keep your heads up during the tough times in life. 

This encouraging story evolved into the tale of a young explorer who was searching for the elusive unicorn that his grandfather said did not exist.  The explorer search high and low and discovered many amazing creatures, but his grandfather's only response was, "That's not a unicorn."


The explorer pressed on, but eventually became weary and sat downcast in a meadow. Head down and sad the boy doesn't see the unicorn prance right in front of him. Instead of looking up he focused only on the doubting words of his grandfather. 

So the illustration has turned into a really fun story about not giving up and going after your dreams, and my students have spent many hours drawing pictures based on the story. 


That's Not a Unicorn! is completely written, illustrated, and ready to print in both paperback and limited edition hardcover. My students and I are now excited to raise the funds needed to publish our book. Please join us in making this dream a reality.  Through our efforts on Kickstarter we plan to self-publish the book. In order to fund this we will be taking pre-orders as well as offering some amazing bonus material such as our stickers, bookmarks, poster, calendar and t-shirt.

The money raised on Kickstarter will go to:
1) Publishing this amazing student illustrated book.
2) Giving each student a copy of the book.  Can you imagine holding a book in your hands that you helped make, and that had your name in the credits?  A pretty awesome and inspirational learning experience. Let's give students a taste of success.
3) Giving incredible exclusive rewards to our amazing backers.
Please join the "THAT'S NOT A UNICORN FAMILY" and help us bring this story of perseverance and dreams to the world. I truly believe that you can help show my students that there are amazing avenues(like Kickstarter) to use your gifts, talents and express your dreams.

Please feel free to spread the word about our storybook.
Our story can be shared under the guidelines of a Creative Commons License.

Learn more here
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/174333650/thats-not-a-unicorn-a-young-explorers-storybook?ref=6gv0om


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