Dancing Unicorn

Children's Book Division

Registered Publishing Imprint


Dancing Unicorn is a registered imprint of Purple Unicorn Media, and the childrens' book division. It is now being demised, with any future publications going out under the main Purple Unicorn Media imprint. The imprint focused on books for children aged 0 to young teenagers.


Below you can find information about Dancing Unicorn books, purchase links, and where to find out more.




Uncle Rollo's Railway

Uncle Rollo's Railway
by Mark Carter

Children's Fiction Story
Due to the sad death of the author, and the decision to demise the imprint, Uncle Rollo's Railway has been unpublished and is now out of print. We retain this listing in memory of Mark Carter and the beautiful book we were proud to publish for him.


Rowland Bates buys an old railway station, now converted into a modern house. He discovers that the old track still runs beneath his land and starts to excavate it. Soon he comes upon an abandoned guards van, and a group of local children who start to call him Uncle Rollo. With their help, he sets out on a scheme to revive a stretch of the railway line...

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Dino Dang Doodle by Richard Stevenson

Dino Dang Doodle
by Richard Stevenson

Children's and Young Teenagers Poetry
A comic collection of dinosaur poems for middle grade children and their parents? All the usual dinos on the block are here: T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Apatosaurus (with the right head!), and the rest; most are newer discoveries. Some are huge; some are tiny; some are smooth; some are spiny. Some slither; some dither. All like to show a little attitude in poems that run the gamut from free verse nonsense to dramatic monologues.


Richard Stevenson sadly passed away in the Autumn of 2023, and we worked with his widow to complete and publish this book in his memory. It will remain in print until its contract expires in Spring 2026.

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Moon King by Steve J. Burford

Moon King
by Steve J. Burford

Children's Science Fiction Story
"Moon King" is set in 1869, and is science fiction with a definite steam punk vibe. Emma, the young heroine, wakes in an infirmary on the Moon with no memory of who she is or how she came to be there. She befriends a boy, James, who is in the same situation and together they explore the strange society they have found themselves in, where everyone is kindness itself, but no-one is fazed by their bizarre location, all happy to live under the protection of an unseen 'Moon King'. Then James goes missing - and suddenly, Emma is the only one who remembers him.

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The Hidden Valley by Christine Hillingdon

The Hidden Valley
by Christine Hillingdon

Children's Fantasy Adventure Story
This tale begins with a very old book about an enchanted Hidden Valley. Cara and Dorian discover a way into it. They realise they are needed to help all who live there by taking a magic potion to their ailing Prince Rana. Journeying to his castle the two children encounter many wonderful characters, while exploring the magnificent valley itself. However, there are some inhabitants within the Valley who would rather have the magic potion for their own darker means, but the two children are determined to save the Prince.


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Instrumentropolis by Valeria Reeves

Instrumentropolis
by Valerie Reeves

Children's Fantasy Adventure Book
In a beautiful faraway land of metallic insects and valve oil lives a small flute, no more than a piccolo, named Isabelle. One night, while sleeping at home in the large instrument city known as Instrumentropolis, Isabelle hears a strange noise - the sound of construction vehicles rumbling over the city clearing it for a road. One of the workers kidnaps Arthur the bugle, one of Isabelle's best friends. It is up to Isabelle to save her best friend and rescue her beloved city from the terrible construction vehicles that have been obliviously destroying her precious world under their wheels.



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Dark Watchers by Richard Stevenson

Dark Watchers
by Richard Stevenson

Teenage Fantasy Poetry
The poems are quirky and humorous and run the gamut of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, focusing on cryptozoology, fearsome critters, and monsters around the planet.. The performance pieces draw on rock, funk, blues, alt country, jazz, reggae, etc. and spoof one-off goofy tunes from the sixties like 'Flying Purple People Eater,' and 'Monster Mash' A piece from the first book in the series is written to the tune of 'Heartbreak Hotel'.





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U Be U by Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr.

U Be U
by Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr

Children's Picture Book
Girl robot Noofie leaves her planet of Bleep Blop, where she is mocked all the time for being too small. Swooshing across space in her ship she finds our little blue-green world and sets down in Echo City...where she finds she is too tall. But when Nightbat comes to befriend Noofie he teaches her the most important lesson of all.


Illustrator/creator Joe Swarctz and writer Ralph Greco, Jr. present another of their Echo City "Jr." line, published here in partnership with Dancing Unicorn as an all-colour large-size children's book.



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Aqua and Uni Go To Camp by Lily-Isabella Logan

Aqua and Uni Go To Camp
by Lily-Isabella Logan

Childrens/Young Teen Fantasy Fiction
Due to the demise of the imprint, the author took the decision to unpublish Aqua and Uni and to take back the rights to publish it themselves. We wish Bella all the best and thank her, and Sylvie, for allowing us to publish this excellent fun book.


Aqua and Uni Go To Camp is a story about friendship that takes place in a magical summer camp. We meet Aqua, a half-human, half-mermaid orphan, and Uni, a half-human, half-unicorn princess. We follow Aqua and Uni as they attend Camp Fairy-Tale, meet the children of other fairy-tale characters, have new adventures, and solve the mystery behind a camp curse that threatens to uproot everyone's summer fun.

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Too Many Bunnies by Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr.

Too Many Bunnies
by Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr

Children's Picture Book
When magician Presto Chango leaves his house to buy a new magic wand, he leaves his bunnies alone. But two bunnies soon become more... and even more, filling Presto's house and then all of Echo City! Presto has to ask for Nightbat's help, and the two work together to get the wiggling-nose, floppy-eared, fuzzy-tailed bunch o' bunnies under control.


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Bubblewood by Bryony Storm Dudley

Bubblewood
by Bryony Storm Dudley

Childrens/Young Teen Fantasy Fiction
A cottage in the woods. Rumours of a witch. And two curious teenage girls, eager to get to the bottom of the mystery. Behind the door of the cottage lies a whole other world. But as the girls dig deeper, dark secrets from the past rise up to challenge what had begun to seem a delightful new adventure.



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