The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek Overview

Evelyn Sibley Lampman
This Study Guide consists of approximately 15 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek.

The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek Overview

Evelyn Sibley Lampman
This Study Guide consists of approximately 15 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek.
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When published in 1955, The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek was chosen as a Junior Literary Guild selection. The novel was so popular that Lampman followed it seven years later with a sequel, The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs. Enjoyable as a fanciful and lively adventure story, the novel also provides other pleasures. The story centers on two children who are trying to save their failing ranch; they are befriended and helped by the title character, a dinosaur called George, who has somehow survived for tens of millions of years. An armored dinosaur, the stegosaurus was about eighteen feet long, its huge bulk protected by a double row of large triangular bony plates projecting along its back and ending in four three-foot tall upright spikes on its great tail. Countering this fearsome description in the text, the illustrations by Hubert Buel show George to be quite genial and friendly...

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