This story is very sweet and has a great message for kids about finding friends in unexpected places.

Nimbus is an adorable main character and I loved seeing her pair up with Kelp. I loved the attention to detail given to the scenery and how well fleshed out each scene was. Everything is so colorful with each creature unique in its' own way. Like Not Quite Narwhal, the illustrations in Perfectly Pegasus are gorgeous. Perfectly Pegasus is a companion story to Sima's 2017 Not Quite Narwhal. Along the way she meets a unicorn named Kelp who helps her with her search. So one day she decides to follow a fallen star to make a wish for friends just like her. But being one of a kind is lonely and the stars don't talk back. Nimbus has always lived alone among the clouds.

Perfectly Pegasus was a wonderfully illustrated book that follows a pegasus looking for the perfect friend.

Note: If half stars were available, I would give this a rating of 3.5, but as they are not, I have rounded down to 3, to reflect the fact that I enjoyed Not Quite Narwhal just a bit more. Recommended to fans of Not Quite Narwhal, and to picture-book readers looking for stories about friendship, or that feature magical creatures. The artwork is, unsurprisingly, adorable. Although I didn't think it was quite the equal of the first, I still found Nimbus' story very sweet, and appreciated its message that friendship must be built, rather than found. I haven't encountered that many picture-books about winged horses, save for retellings of the actual Pegasus myth, so I was happy on that score as well. Having greatly enjoyed the first story about Kelp, and how he figured out who he was and where he belonged, I picked up Perfectly Pegasus with some anticipation, glad that Sima was returning to this world of magical equines.

Searching for the star together, Nimbus and Kelp develop what the little pegasus has been truly looking for: friendship. Her search leads her to a beautiful island, where she meets the Kelp and all of his unicorn and narwhal friends. About to wish on a falling star, our winged equine heroine misses her chance, setting out to find the star and the chance at her heart's desire. A little pegasus named Nimbus leads a lonely existence in the heavens in this charming follow-up to author/artist Jessie Sima's Not Quite Narwhal.

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