The Naughtiest Unicorn and the Birthday Party

By Pip Bird and David O'Connell

Join the naughtiest unicorn for magic and mayhem in this hilarious series for 6+ fans of Pamela Butchart, Rabbit and Bear, The Worst Witch and UNICORNS!

Get ready to CELEBRATE! Mira’s been invited to Unicorn School’s 1000th Birthday Party, and can hardly wait for all the games, glitter and gorgeous outfits!

Dave THE NAUGHTIEST UNICORN is more interested in scoffing all the rainbow icing… They’ll be Very Important Visitors there too, and Mira and her friends have been given the important quest of filling party bags with gifts to give them. But it’s not long before disaster strikes! What will they do when the big day arrives?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Mar 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9780008502140

Pip Bird

Pip Bird is the pseudonym for a small group of brilliant, funny children's book writers. They all believe in magic and dream of having a Unicorn Best Friend Forever.

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To Eva and Azalea – RLO

For Henny, Hector, Claire and Genie – LB

To Olivia – David O’Connell

Cover and interior illustrations by David O’Connell

Special thanks to Liz Bankes and Rebecca Lewis-Oakes

First published in Great Britain 2023 by Farshore

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Contents

Chapter One: Birthdays are the BEST!

Chapter Two: Back to Unicorn School

Chapter Three: Party Plans . . .

Chapter Four: Games and Glitter

Chapter Five: Spinach or Sandwich . . . ?

Chapter Six: Bags and Bargains

Chapter Seven: Glistening Gift

Chapter Eight: Empty-handed . . .

Chapter Nine: Happy Birthdave!

Chapter Ten: Party Time (again)

Chapter Eleven: Floats and Fun for Everyone

‘I got a glitter pen!’ said Mira in excitement as she peered into her party bag. As well as the pen there was a pot of sparkly slime and a Unicorn Attax card.

‘Let me see!’ said her sister Rani, leaning over.

‘Hmm. Your glitter pen looks glitterier than mine.’ Rani made a lunge for Mira’s party bag, but

Mira snatched it away just in time.

‘Rani, all the party bags are exactly the same,’ said their Aunty Sindhu.

‘Except Mira has purple slime and I’ve got green,

AND she has a Unicorn Attax card that I need,’ said Rani grumpily. She paused. ‘Hey, look at that weird birthday hat,’ she said, pointing behind Mira.

Mira looked round. She couldn’t see a weird birthday hat. All she could see was some of her cousins playing Pin the Tail on the Robot Sloth.

‘Ha!’ said Rani, grabbing Mira’s party bag and chucking her own at Mira before running away.

‘Hey!’ said Mira.

She set off after Rani but was blocked by their aunty, who was carrying a giant rainbow cake into the room. Aunty Sindhu and Uncle Jim began cutting the cake up and wrapping the slices in bright yellow napkins.

Aunty Sindhu had made the cake for Mira’s cousin, Dev. She made amazing cakes for Mira and Rani’s birthdays, too. And she always made whatever they asked for, even the year that Mira asked for an angry hamster cake. This year, Dev had asked for a giant unicorn poo cake, so that’s what Aunty Sindhu had made.

It was magnificent – sparkly and poo-shaped and in all the colours of the rainbow.

Mira grinned as she slipped the cake into her swapped party bag. Even though Rani had stolen her slime and Unicorn Attax card, her cousin’s birthday party had still been super fun – and the