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Supposed you were hunting around in the desert for a fossil and instead you found a real (and very large) dinosaur, genus Stegosaurus. Joan and Joey Brown did! Only nobody would believe they had found one, which is just as well because George (as they called him) was very shy.

He was a loyal friend, though, and he did his best to help the twins with their schemes to make money to finance their mother's dry little ranch on Cricket Creek. George ate sagebrush, looked for fossils, and fought an airplane (which he thought was a Pteranodon) with faithful enthusiasm, but his nut-sized brain often made him more hinderance than help. Especially when he went after the bank robber!

Mrs. Lampman has told her hilarious story so convincingly that you'll be looking for dinosaurs around every mesa. And who knows? Maybe you'll find one!

From the dust jacket of the Purple House Press reprint
Evelyn Sibley Lampman

Evelyn Sibley Lampman

1907 - 1980
American
As her own daughters went through their teens, Evelyn Sibley Lampman sympathized, suffered, and rejoiced in turn. Her firsthand knowledge of young p... See more
Hubert Buel

Hubert Buel

1915 - 1984
American
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The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek Reprint

The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek
Reprinted in 2024 by Purple House Press
Available formats: Hardcover, Paperback
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The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek Reprint

The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek
Reprinted in 2001 by Purple House Press
Available formats: Hardcover, Paperback


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Plumfield Moms Podcast
Podcast

Author Feature: Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Released in 2022 by Plumfield Moms Podcast
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 43 min.
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Join the Plumfield Moms and guests Jill Morgan (Purple House Press) and Tanya Arnold (Biblioguides) as they discuss the author Evelyn Sibley Lampman.


Reviews

Plumfield and Paideia

The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek
Reviewed by Diane Pendergraft
What child wouldn’t love to discover a living dinosaur in the backyard? What if that dinosaur could talk? That’s what happens to Joey and Joan Brown, freckled, red-headed twelve-year-old twins. On the first few pages of the story, we are made aware of the family Problem. The Problem is money. Mom, a widow, has inherited […]

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Kirkus Reviews

The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek
A newly acquired ranch in the West, and the odd conglomeration of people and animals who find themselves there, are...

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