Lena the Chicken (But Really 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!;--

About the author

LINDA BAILEY has written almost forty books for children, including three much-loved books about dinosaurs: If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur, Princesses Versus Dinosaurs and The Great Dinosaur Sleepover. Her books have been translated into twenty-two languages and have won a wide range of awards. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.

K-FAI STEELE is the author-illustrator of A Normal Pig and All Eyes on Ozzy! and has illustrated a number of other books, including Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? and the Lone Wolf series. Born in Charlton, Massachusetts, she now lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Bailey, Bailey Linda, K-Fai Steele
• Assisted by: K-Fai Steele (Illustration)
• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.10.2025
• EAN: 9781774880135
• ISBN: 978-1-77488-013-5
• No. of pages: 56
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Farm Animals, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Dinosaurs & prehistoric world (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Farm animals, Farm animals (Children's / Teenage)