Wild Animal Publishing Company announces the release of a new children's book for ages 7-14. A 128 page chapter adventure in prehistoric time captures the attention of kids who hate to read.
July 31, 2005 (Press Release) --
Shoestrings is a fast paced story of three young people accidentally transported back in time 65 million years ago just as the comet that caused the dinosaur’s extinction is about to happen. The adventure that follows is full of surprises as the children find themselves in the precarious position of either destroying the entire universe—or saving it.
Dinosaurs and time travel have been done to death—but nothing like this. What sets Shoestrings apart is the unusual capsule that transports three children—Kyle age 14, his sister Teresa, age 12 and Sonja, of Eastern Indian descent, also age 12—back in time. The bizarre device is the invention of the children’s fathers, scientists who are unaware their children accidentally stepped into the capsule as it was in the process of being transported. The children find themselves in a world that existed 65 million years ago just before the comet that caused the dinosaurs' extinction is about to hit. They find a dinosaur called a Bambiraptor—an animal that appears to be a cross between reptiles and birds (it really existed!). It becomes their pet. The children narrowly escape the comet's fiery aftermath—thanks to a shoestring!
Author Bio
A graduate of Three Rivers Technical and Community College in Norwich, CT., John Benjamin Sciarra is the author of an adult adventure novel entitled, Noah’s Diary (iUniverse, 2003) and writes a column called “Wild Animal Farm” for several southern New England newspapers. Mr. Sciarra is the former Curator of Exhibits and Husbandry at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut for ten years, an Animal Research Technologist at Pfizer Global Research and Development, and a nationally recognized expert in animal exhibit design. He is also the founder of the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association (CAPA) southeastern satellite group, and editorial contributor to The Authority published by CAPA. John has ghostwritten an historical novel and recently completed another children’s book based on his experiences training a two thousand pound bull Steller sea lion called “Samson The Steller Sea Lion and friends” due to be released in early 2006, as well as another adult adventure about a rogue Steller sea lion who escapes a public aquarium and terrorizes New England (Beachmaster—Goliath The Steller Sea Lion).
Dinosaurs and time travel have been done to death—but nothing like this. What sets Shoestrings apart is the unusual capsule that transports three children—Kyle age 14, his sister Teresa, age 12 and Sonja, of Eastern Indian descent, also age 12—back in time. The bizarre device is the invention of the children’s fathers, scientists who are unaware their children accidentally stepped into the capsule as it was in the process of being transported. The children find themselves in a world that existed 65 million years ago just before the comet that caused the dinosaurs' extinction is about to hit. They find a dinosaur called a Bambiraptor—an animal that appears to be a cross between reptiles and birds (it really existed!). It becomes their pet. The children narrowly escape the comet's fiery aftermath—thanks to a shoestring!
Author Bio
A graduate of Three Rivers Technical and Community College in Norwich, CT., John Benjamin Sciarra is the author of an adult adventure novel entitled, Noah’s Diary (iUniverse, 2003) and writes a column called “Wild Animal Farm” for several southern New England newspapers. Mr. Sciarra is the former Curator of Exhibits and Husbandry at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut for ten years, an Animal Research Technologist at Pfizer Global Research and Development, and a nationally recognized expert in animal exhibit design. He is also the founder of the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association (CAPA) southeastern satellite group, and editorial contributor to The Authority published by CAPA. John has ghostwritten an historical novel and recently completed another children’s book based on his experiences training a two thousand pound bull Steller sea lion called “Samson The Steller Sea Lion and friends” due to be released in early 2006, as well as another adult adventure about a rogue Steller sea lion who escapes a public aquarium and terrorizes New England (Beachmaster—Goliath The Steller Sea Lion).
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