What do you think?
Jurassic Poop: What Dinosaurs (and Others) Left Behind
Left by an animal long ago, this durable doo-doo survived the long journey through the ages. It started out stinky, but now it's frozen, dried or turned to rock. To a scientist, it's anything but gross --- it's a priceless artifact that can help piece together the puzzle of ancient life.Funny and informative, Jurassic Poop is flush with amazing facts, stories and activities. Learn how to spot ancient poop imposters. Meet dung detectives getting to the bottom of history's hind-end mysteries. Find out how poop gets preserved and discover what it can tell us about dinosaurs, humans and many other animals from long ago. So hold your nose and take a journey back in time to see what tales ancient poop has to tell.
40 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2006
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 reviews
November 22, 2019
Full of facts and activities to engage the inner paleontologist in your child.
May 19, 2025
Good explanation of coprolites and the science about them.
May 20, 2009
This is definitely not a book to read for leisure. The only people that might find this information useful are those interested in archaic subject mater such as: rocks, fossils, and dinosaurs. Judging from the picture on the back I thought maybe it would be some what humorous. The picture included a person smiling with a pile of poop in their hand. However, I was fairly repulsed and had a hard time finding any reason to read through all of it thoroughly.
June 30, 2012
A fun mix of science and turd talk. Jurassic Poop is for any kid who is fascinated by what they can find looking through a microscope. Berkowitz manages to provide interesting information about coprolites (i.e. fossil feces)and what we can learn from them, in a kid-friendly way, using nearly every socially-acceptable slang term for fecal matter there is. Photos are mixed with humorous cartoon illustrations that will keep kids (and adults like me)interested.
May 5, 2015
Call me crazy, but I actually really liked this book. My 6yo son came home with it from the school library and I begrudgingly started reading it with him. But it was actually a really interesting book and I quite enjoyed it ;) Go figure! And this is what I learned..... fossilized poop is called a coprolite. And there are people who become professional poop studiers and they are called scatalogists. And I'm pretty sure I could get a minor in Scatology after reading this book :0
December 2, 2015
I bought this for my ten-year-old son when we were in Drumheller and it was his reading material (and mine) during the road trip home. Talk about a great book for boys! Educational and on a subject matter that every little boy loves. The illustrations were a lot of fun too. This would make a great gift for any child who loves dinosaurs and would fit well in the classroom during units on dinosaurs.
June 19, 2008
Jurassic Poop is a non-fiction picture book (that was published in 2006). It tells about prehistoric poop and what scientists can learn from it. It has a lot of interesting facts and pictures to go along with them. Little boys would really enjoy it!
November 4, 2011
Absolutely fascinating!!!!!!!!! There were times where I wanted to close my eyes and cringe, as well there were times where I could not stop laughing at some of the places that the "dung" has shown up at. I love the passion that the archeologists have with their searches for historical "dung".
May 4, 2011
Very informative book about how scientists use petrified/preserved poop to learn about ancient animals. Very inviting style with cartoon-like illustrations, photos and kid-friendly language.
November 29, 2011
trying to get my 7-year-old to read non-fiction. This book is well-written and is very interesting.
November 30, 2011
my only complaint is of course the world millions of years world view but for our family it provides a spring board for discussion....aside form that the kids thought the topic was wonderful...
January 28, 2012
I love to get a laugh out of kids, so it's no surprise that I enjoyed Jurassic Poop, a humorous and informative book about what can be learned by studying ancient remains. Good for 3rd-5th grades.
August 9, 2013
Pretty much everything you want to know--and much you didn't-- about poop. Lots of fun alliteration and punning. This is the kind of book that gets kids excited about science.
April 7, 2014
Great for older kids.
July 12, 2016
This is a wonderful book for young readers who want to learn more about dinosaurs.
December 7, 2016
i dont like it
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 3, 2017
Crude(the title says it all) but very interesting little book. Heaven help any boy who gets hold of this...snicker fest ahoy lol.(I laughed alot and im an adult haha)
Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 reviews