# Dads on Steins: Grabenstein, Frankenstein, Einstein, and other Stinky Stories

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Podcast: [Dads on Books](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dads-on-books-7306805)
Published: 2026-03-02T10:23:00+00:00
Episode link: https://DadsOnBooks.transistor.fm/s1/42
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Duration seconds: 1822

## Resource

DoB welcomes our third author and first non-daughter, non-Dan guest! None other than the perfectly paraphrasing prosaist of Ms. Pennypickle’s Puzzle Quest multiple award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein . We get to the bottom of the meaning and pronunciation of his name (nom de plume); how he writes; and how his writing was influenced by his experience in improv (back when he was Chris “The Banker” Grabenstein, chilling with Bruce “The Bartender” Willis and Robin "Yes, THAT one" Williams), radio, the ad game, and even banking (a guy's gotta eat). Chris loves alliteration, imagination, and collaboration with authors like James Patterson, the G. T. Carber, and even his very own wife JJ. who is best first read and unofficial editor. We talk about Ms. Pennypickle’s Puzzle Quest , and many of his other books, including The Island of Dr. Libris , Shine , The Crossroads , Mr. Lemoncello’s Library , Murdle Jr.: Sleuths on the Loose , Stinky's Stories#2: Jack and the Beanstink , and The Smartest Kid in the Universe . Why so many books? Because Chris writes a lot, and we love his books a lot, and because we are Dads on Books. It's what we do. And that’s just in this episode! Stay tuned for part two next week! If you liked this episode, you'll LOVE these: Our first Dan Guest: Dan Gutman Part One and Part Two And our second Dan Guest: Dan Yaccarino parte uno and parte due And now a word from our sponsors. (Well, not really sponsors, just places we get books and hope that you'll go to if you need one). A House with Books Talking Animals Books River Forest Public Library Grapevine Public Library Keller Public Library

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