The Fossil Feud: Marsh and Cope's Bone Wars

Fossil Hunters

by Meish Goldish, Luis M Chiappe (Consultant Editor)

In The Tiny Titanosaurs, young readers journey to Argentina with paleontologist Luis Chiappe as he makes a major discovery.

Amidst a nesting ground filled with thousands of dinosaur eggs, Luis and his team were the first to find both skin and bones from unhatched baby dinosaurs. If the babies had survived, they would have grown to be some of the largest animals that ever walked the earth.

What disaster kept the eggs from hatching? Discover the answer with Luis and his team. Full-color photographs, a map, and an exciting narrative text will inspire the budding fossil hunter in every child.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was merely adequate. It is a fast read and covers the nasty way two of the earliest dinosaur hunters behaved. It did note that many scientists were embarrassed by the whole ridiculous feud. It also noted that these two did make many of the basic discoveries in the field. Nonetheless, they were not anyone to boast about. It seemed as though a more positive way could have been found to get kids into reading about dinosaurs. It isn't exactly a hard subject to sell to kids! It is at least a different way to look at them rather than the endless books on Stegosauruses, T-rexes, etc. I got this as a freebie at ALA and likely will donate it to the library bookstore after seeing if we have copies this could replace in the system. I won't add it as a new title.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this one! Who knew that paleontologists could be so underhanded and sneaky? Quick read, interesting information. Great for those dinosaur kids who can't get enough, and for their parents who have had their fill.