The just-announced, limited-edition Unicorn Frappuccino from Starbucks may not be long for this world, but after that tremendously pink, Lisa Frank–worthy “big ole sugar bomb” vanishes like so many ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jason Tharp said he was a child who just didn’t fit in with many of his fellow students. He says a guidance counselor once told him he’d never amount to anything because all he did ...

Jason Tharp wants to write books for weird kids — because he was one. Growing up in Ohio, the 45-year-old children’s author, illustrator and inspirational speaker sometimes felt invisible. But as he ...

An Ohio school district caused an uproar earlier this month after an author said that one of his books, which features a unicorn and teaches about self-acceptance, was excluded during a school ...

At first glance, “Phoebe and Her Unicorn,” with its pink cover and shiny title, did not appeal to me. It screamed stereotypical tween girl. And yes, I do judge a book by its cover. It’s like a first ...

Raphael, “Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn” (1505–06), oil on canvas transferred from panel (courtesy Galleria Borghese, Rome, all images via D Giles Limited) The 16th-century “Portrait of a Lady ...