Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!)

By Linda Bailey, K-Fai Steele (Illustrator)

A chicken believes she's a dinosaur. Can she prove it and save her coop from danger?

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56 pages

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Lena, a spirited chicken, feels like a dinosaur inside. Her family doesn't understand her boldness, but when a weasel threatens their coop, Lena must unleash her inner dinosaur to protect them. With Madeline's science project revealing chickens' ancient lineage, can Lena convince her family they're all dinosaurs at heart?

From the publisher

THREE STARRED REVIEWS! - Chicken Run meets Tiny T. Rex in this funny farmyard tale of a feisty chicken who is sure she is a dinosaur! Includes a die-cut cover – and back matter about how chickens (and all other birds) are the living descendants of dinosaurs! Lena lives in a chicken coop, and she looks a lot like a chicken. But deep down, she’s convinced that she’s a . . . DINOSAUR! She can feel it in her bones. Lena just doesn’t understand the scaredy chickens in her family, and they don’t understand her either, with her ferociousness and big ideas. The people on the farm are also baffled . . . except for little Madeline, who thinks Lena has PERSONALITY. And then, when a dastardly weasel turns up and threatens the coop, Lena’s fearful family chickens out AGAIN. It’s up to Lena to unleash her inner dinosaur like never before – to save the coop and show this silly bunch of chickens how to stand up for themselves. And when Madeline’s science fair project shows that chickens are the closest living relatives in the world to dinosaurs, Lena’s family finally starts to see that – holy hen house! – they are all dinosaurs too!

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