Jacob Berkowitz is a science writer who lives in Almonte, Ontario. He has written for The Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen and other publications. Jurassic Poop is his first book.#Funny and informative, Jurassic Poop — written by Jacob Berkowitz and illustrated by Steve Mack — is flush with amazing facts, stories and activities. Kids will meet dung detectives getting to the bottom of history’s hind-end mysteries. They’ll find out how poop gets preserved and discover what it can tell us about dinosaurs, humans and many other animals from long ago. And kids will find out some pretty stinky facts, too. For example, did you know that the soil we grow our food in is largely made from the poo of worms and other small animals?#From coprolite crafts and feces facts to solving cases of “Who Dung It”, kids will be privy to the inside scoop on ancient poop in this unique and engaging science book.

Herb Shoveller was born in Sudbury, Ontario, and grew up in Lively, a small community west of the city. #After primary and secondary school studies in Sudbury, he spent a year traveling in Europe, the Middle East and Africa before entering the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. There he did an Honours Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and then a Masters degree in Journalism. #After working in agricultural, arts and business news at various publications, he joined The London Free Press daily newspaper at which, in a total of 20 years there, he worked in every news department in a number of different roles. In the midst of those 20 years, he and his family moved to Hong Kong for two years where Joanne, Herb’s wife, helped launch the Asian campus of the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School. #The timing to do this book coincided with his family’s move from London, Ontario, to Guelph, where Joanne moved to become a vice-president at the University of Guelph. Herb left his newspaper job at The London Free Press, where he was business editor, to freelance. Meanwhile, there had been several overtures to Susan and Mark Hreljac, Ryan’s parents, to do a book on Ryan and the wells projects, along with the subsequent addition of Jimmy to their family. #Mark is Herb’s nephew, so Herb and his family have been following Ryan’s story from the outset and knew it intimately. Further, Herb’s wife Joanne was a founding board member of the Ryan’s Well Foundation and wrote its original business plan. Mark and Sue made it clear that if a book were to be done, Herb would be the writer. Luckily, events converged to make it possible for him to do the book.

Andrew Larsen lives in a neighborhood in Toronto that has tall trees, old houses and lots of stories. Sometimes Andrew goes looking for stories and sometimes stories come looking for him.#Andrew was born in Montreal and lived there until he was 12. He has also lived in Halifax, Ottawa and London, England. #As a kid, Andrew dreamed of being a baseball player. He made up stories about playing in the big leagues. Now he plays baseball with his own kid. He still makes up stories.#Andrew likes to visit schools and libraries, where he encourages children to discover their own stories.~Facebook: @authorandrewlarsen~Twitter: @larsenesque

Maureen Fergus has written dozens of books for kids of all ages. She has three kids and at various times has been the pet mom of dogs, hedgehogs, fish, rats (!) and bunnies. She graduated with science and business degrees, taught college and worked in the aerospace, biopharmaceutical and financial services industries before finally discovering her love of writing, six weeks after her first baby was born.#Maureen’s books have been translated into many languages, optioned for television, adapted for stage and shortlisted for such prestigious awards as the Sunshine State Young Readers Award, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award. Her novels include The Fractured Kingdom romantasy trilogy and Ortega, which won the McNally Book for Young People award. Mad About Meatloaf, the first book in her graphic novel series starring Weenie the wiener dog, won the Joan Betty Stuchner – Oy Vey! – Funniest Children’s Book Award. Maureen’s picture books include the critically acclaimed Buddy and Earl series, The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold, The Reptile Club and The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten, a Blue Spruce winner.