







written by Cornelia Travnicek, published by Picus, 2025 // 32 pages // Age 4+ One day, Mother Duck finds a strange egg in her nest. When it hatches, she names it Jen. But Jen doesn’t quite fit in with the rest of the ducks, and they mock her. As it turns out, Jen is actually not a duck at all, but a hen! Mother Duck decides to take Jen to a farm to find out more about her heritage and while walking through the portrait gallery Jen learns that her ancestors were dinosaurs! How cool! But mother Duck’s heart is heavy: Will she have to let Jen go and leave her with the other hens?