Sticks n Stones n Dinosaur Bones

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Sticks n Stones n Dinosaur BonesINTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD & USA BOOK NEWS 2014 FINALIST - CHILDRENS NON-FICTIONNew book for Juvenile Readers (and Dinosaur Fans of all ages) celebrates and embellishes the best-known public spat in all Paleontology: the cutthroat rivalry between Edward Cope and Charles Marsh that became known as The Bone Wars.Sticks n Stones n Dinosaur Bones is the first book in popular illustrator Ted Eniks (and artist G.F. Newlands) Unhinged Historyseries of quirky-but-true science / history books. Sticks `n Stones is a ripping yarn, full of adventure and deceit, in which dinosaurs and Dr. Seuss come together to create a new, delirious American Tall Tale.The following excerpt reveals Eniks playful take on how one bone hunter hyped his discovery:With a days-worth of fangs, and a weeks-worth of frills,And a months-worth of monstrously segmented gills,With detachable legs and reversible paws,And invisible wings and uncountable claws;My beast is a creature of legend and lore,An animal never on earth seen before!Behold! bellowed Cope like a one-person chorus,My NeverTopThisOne-Ginormous-asaurus!As Sticks n Stones n Dinosaur Bones reveals, gradually these two less-than-ethical gents resorted to lying, stealing, blackmail, and even destroying fossils in order to advance their own reputations and careers.Nonetheless, as the book acknowledges:Before they went crazy and everything souredBecause of them Paleontology flowered!The writing is excellent... Adults will find the saga just as fascinating as children... The book is a fun read for kids, adults, teachers and their students. It also contains a good moral to discuss.Elizabeth Franklin, Portland Book Review

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