Dragons, dinosaurs, unicorns, and gnomes round out this magical collection. Hear stories of the year 8888, a world without color, cloning, regeneration, y más. Have you ever seen a dinosaur in Chicago before?

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “In The Things That Give Us Butterflies students from 826CHI's After-School Writing Lab explore the theme ‘Big Feelings.’ These young writers create worlds around imagined characters and their personal experiences.”