By James Turner (author) , Yasmin Sheikh (illustrator) Part of the Star Cat series
"From the team that won the Young People’s Comic Award Winner comes another installment in the Star Cat series!"
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August 2025 Book of the Month
Robot One has destroyed an advanced civilisation through his treacherous littering habits. His punishment? He’s taken to meet the unbearably loving Space Unicorns!
What follows is a head to head battle between Robot One’s selfish pride and the Space Unicorns’ sweet sweet loving nature.
It’s a bright, extremely funny (and punny) adventure full of good intentions and extremely chaotic behaviour!
The Star Cat series is very clearly organised with bright, bubbly characters that absolutely leap off the page. Captain Spacington is absolutely desperate to be a hero and will do anything to fulfil his dreams. Turner’s writing paired with Sheikh’s artwork is the perfect blend of comedy and engaging images. Each comedic turn is masterfully controlled, as chaotic as the story gets, the reader will be fully on board with the ingenuity of the pacing and the story.
My advice is to read it more than once as each panel will undoubtedly contains multiple little jokes that you might miss if you don’t take your time. There’s comedic payoff after comedic payoff which makes this series a must for parents, kids and librarians alike. The series is a testament to the commitment the two creators have to the story and to these remarkable, memorable characters.
They make it all look effortless, which isn’t easy, but the result is a hilarious, slapstick comedic adventure.
This is a super-fast, hilarious comic book that is brimming with jokes and slapstick comedy. It combines Saturday-morning cartoon humour with seriously fun adventure stories. Phoenix has also supplied comic drawing activities inside which will keep any fan of drawing and graphic novels going for a very long time. I can’t wait to see more of this series in the future!
A dynamic and wacky galactic adventure full of hi-jinks and hilarity – space has never been this silly!
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After destroying a highly advanced civilization by littering, Robot One is taken to meet his match - space unicorns, bursting with unbearable loveliness! What will Robot One's selfishness do to the galaxy's sweetest creatures? Will he see the error of his ways? Will either emerge unscathed? Will you ever stop laughing at what happens?!
Praise for Phoenix Presents graphic novels:
‘Superbly engaging graphic novel compilations’ - Comics Review
‘Funny, compelling and a celebration of diversity’- BookTrust
‘You can see why kids love it’ - Cartoonist Club of Great Britain
James Turner is an illustrator, cartoonist and comic writer. His works The Super Animal Adventure Squad and Star Cat have been published in The David Fickling Comic and the Phoenix respectively; Star Cat won a British Comic Award. James also created the webcomic The Unfeasible Adventures of Beaver and Steve . Find him on Instagram eruditebaboon
Photo of James Turner, credit Angela Donnithorne
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A dynamic and wacky galactic adventure full of hi-jinks and hilarity – space has never been this silly! After destroying a highly advanced civilization by littering, Robot One is taken to meet his match - space unicorns, bursting with unbearable loveliness!What will Robot One's selfishness do to the galaxy's sweetest creatures?Will he see the error of his ways?Will either emerge unscathed?Will you ever stop laughing at what happens?!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Star Cat: Unicorns in Space and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Star Cat: Unicorns in Space features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Adventure Stories, Funny, Animal Stories, Graphic Novels & Comics, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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Star Cat: Unicorns in Space was written by James Turner and published by David Fickling Books
Star Cat: Unicorns in Space has 199 pages
Yes it is part of Star Cat series
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