Princess Beatrix is excited to meet the amazing one-horned creature that has been sent as a gift to her father,
the King of Portugal. Could it be a unicorn?
But the new animal is not a unicorn – it’s a rhinoceros called Genda, who has travelled all the way from India, and Beatrix immediately loves him. She becomes Genda’s friend and protector, and is determined to persuade her father the King that this wild creature should be returned to his jungle home.
This poignant story is inspired by the real rhinoceros depicted in 1515 by Albrecht Dürer in his world-famous woodcut, which can still be seen today.
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Dianne Hofmeyr grew up next to the sea on the southern tip of Africa. Her travels with notebook and camera through places like Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Zimbabwe and just about everywhere in Africa have led to stories that have won the prestigious M-Net Book Prize, the Sanlam Gold for Youth Literature and the Young Africa Award. Di currently lives in Centra
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Giovanna Zoboli is an Italian children's book writer. In 2004, she co-founded Topipittori, a children's publishing house basedin Milan, where she currently serves as editor and art director.Her previous titles include Animal Supermarket, The Big Book ofSlumber, and I Wish I Had . . .(all Eerdmans).
