The 2026 Unicorn Report
We don’t have the picture book section of my school library genrefied, but we do have a few select bins for books that kids ask for a lot: horses, princesses, and definitely unicorns. While that bin is getting pretty full these days (there have been a bunch of good books on this topic in recent years), I’m always on the lookout for new additions.
Here are all the 2026 unicorn books I could track down.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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