I Used to Be a Dinosaur

I Used to Be a DinosaurA mama hen demands respect for herself and her chicksafter all, they used to be dinosaurs! From acclaimed author Casey Lyall and award winning artist Laurie Keller, this is a laugh out loud picture book about farmyards, self esteem, and evolution for fans of Interrupting Chicken and Are You a Cheeseburger? Did you know that chickens are descendants of dinosaurs? A soon to be mother hen just found out, and now she is reexamining her entire life. She

selfish ex-husband

swing musicians

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The omnipresent vagaries of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their story: their flight to the highest mountain ridges of western Virginia

a hint of international conspiracy

So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decision—she pretends to be the girl he's waiting for to save him from embarrassment

charming insights

Lori sets out to learn the truth about what the residents of Old Cowerton refer to as the "widow's curse"--and the deeper she digs

And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm

the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky

long-buried secret about her own perfect-seeming marriage

her ordered world is upended by black-market art deals