Dinosaur Breakout

by Judith Silverthorne

  Tokaryk, Tim T., “Preliminary Review of the Non-Mammalian Vertebrates from the Frenchman Formation (Late Maastichtian) of Saskatchewan,” McKenzie-McAnally, L. (ed) 1997, Canadian Paleontology Conference Fields Trip Guidebook No 6. Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southern Saskatchewan. Geological Association of Canada.

  Wallace, Joseph, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaur, Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc., New York, 1987.

  URLS:

  http://www.dinocountry.com

  http://www.enchantedlearning.com

  Acknowledgements

  I am sincerely grateful to Tim Tokaryk, Supervising Paleontologist with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (rsm), Eastend Fossil Research Station, for all of his expert advice, information, and suggestions; any inaccuracies are my own.

  I extend thanks also to Harold Bryant, Curator of Earth Sciences (rsm), Mark Caswell, Executive Director of the Eastend Community Tourism Authority, and the T.rex Discovery Centre Staff; and a hearty thanks to Constable James Fraser with the rcmp satellite detachment at Climax for his invaluable information; and also to the residents of Eastend for their warm hospitality.

  Thank you to Audrey Mark for a wonderful place in the woods to write, and to Brad Lane for his advice on mineral and oil rights information, and others on my journey who have supported me along the way.

  As always, I appreciate the valuable team at Coteau Books, Nik, Karen, Joanne, Deborah, and in particular Barbara Sapergia for her insightful editing skills and Duncan Campbell for his fantastic layouts and designs.

  About the Author

  Judith Silverthorne is the author of four previous books, including two novels for young readers. The Secret of Sentinel Rock won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature in 1996. Dinosaur Hideout won the same award in 2003, and is a finalist in the Diamond Willow (Grades 4-6) category of the Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Awards in 2004.

  Judith has also written two books about Saskatch-ewan craftspeople: a biography, Made in Saskatchewan: Peter Rupchan, Ukrainian Pioneer and Potter, and Ingrained Legacy: Saskatchewan Pioneer Woodworkers, 1870-1930.

  For more information about Judith Silverthorne and her work, you can consult her Web site at: www.lights.com/writers/silverthorne