Sticks ’n’ Stones ’n’ Dinosaur Bones: Being a Whimsical "Take" on a (pre)Historical Event

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by Ted Enik

G F Newland (Illustrator)

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Sticks ’n’ Stones ’n’ Dinosaur Bones: Being a Whimsical "Take" on a (pre)Historical Event

by Ted Enik

G F Newland (Illustrator)

1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved

An infamous feud between fossil hunters is spun into a Dr. Seuss–inspired American tale in this playful introduction to fossil hunting based on an actual historical event.

This first book in the Unhinged History series is a ripping yarn—full of adventure and deceit—that brings to life the best-known public spat in all of paleontology: the bitter rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.

This frenzy of discovery and one-upmanship—known today as the Bone Wars—was a gold rush–like scramble to find the most and “best” dinosaur fossils, thus bringing to glory to their respective home-base universities.

Lively and witty rhymes plus wonderfully demented illustrations reveal how the paleontologists’ infamous rivalry began, and how—despite making genuine and lasting contributions to the field—their mutual obsession with outdoing one another spun out of control.

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ISBN10 0764353942
ISBN13 9780764353949
Publish Date 28 September 2017 (first published 14 July 2014)
Publish Status Active
Publish Country US
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Format Hardcover
Pages 48
Language English

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The target audience for this Seuss inspired Palaeontology book is Five to Eight year old’s. When I was that age I wanted to be a palaeontologist when I grew up. Ok I really wanted to be a magical princess who could bring dinosaurs back to life and control them, but same-same. I would have eaten this book up a trillion times over. The rhyming is brilliant, it is informative and humorous and the 48 pages are all full of colourful and fun illustrations.

I absolutely adore these type books. The kids will just think they are having fun reading, but they are secretly learning about the early days of Palaeontology.

I will have to pick up a hard copy of this book for my son. I know as he gets older he’ll be a dinosaur lover too. I really do hope that these two go onto to do more books like this together on multiple topics - I’ll be keeping my eye out!