Sticks 'n Stones 'n Dinosaur Bones by Ted Enik

Can you tell us about that series? What are the others about? Will all of them be written in rhyme?Ī: Yes and yes! The Unhinged History series deals with both science-y and historical real events. Q: This book is a part of your series, Unhinged History books. I originally considered developing the story into a “Monty Python”-like screenplay, but when Rob Herrera (my illustration agent and publishing partner - ) suggested I work on my own picture book manuscript, the idea to swap screenplay for kids’ book hit me as I was drifting off into a nap. Q: How did you get the idea for “Sticks ‘n’ Stones?”Ī: Truth is, I learned about the rivalry between two early American paleontologists from a documentary about it on PBS. Ted gave an interview about the book, the Unhinged History series it belongs to, his background as a successful children’s illustrator, and his plans in children’s books. Newland, blogs across the web are featuring exclusive content about this humorous tall tale and giving away chances to win a copy of “Sticks ‘n’ Stones ‘n’ Dinosaur Bones.” To celebrate the release of “Sticks ‘n’ Stones ‘n’ Dinosaur Bones,” written by Ted Enik and illustrated by G.F. Welcome to Day #2 of the “Sticks ‘n’ Stones” Blog Tour Newland for allowing me to provide a home for it today. I’ve made up for that crime today by hosting Day 2 in the book’s all new blog tour. I was a fan of the book back in 2013 when I first ran across it and always felt vaguely sad that I didn’t get a chance to review it.

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. 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. The 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 year, the book has been picked up by Schiffer Publishing. Enterprising souls, they sent it to me then and I rather liked its apology-free mix of fact, fiction, and rhyme. Sticks n’ Stones n’ Dinosaur Bones was originally self-published by creators Ted Enik and G.F. As you may know, I’ve a soft spot in my heart for independent publishers and self-published titles. There are a fair number of them out there and how do you choose which ones to feature? But today’s book is kind of special. I don’t usually do straight up blog tours and the reasoning for this is simple.

Sticks 'n Stones 'n Dinosaur Bones by Ted Enik