"Poopendous!" Pops Up in Manasquan on July 28

Free: Meet acclaimed children’s book author Artie Bennett on Saturday, July 28, at Booktowne, 171 Main St., Manasquan, NJ 08736 (732-722-7255; www.booktowne.com). Artie will be there, along with other children’s authors, from 10:30 am to 1 pm, as Booktowne celebrates children’s books. Artie, author of the best-selling, highly praised The Butt Book, will read and sign his superfun new book Poopendous!. You won’t want to miss it.

“Everyone poops—yes, it’s true—from aardvarks to the humped zebu.”

     Artie Bennett, author of the award-winning and much-acclaimed The Butt Book, delivers the inside scoop on every type and use of poop in his “number two,” spanking-new picture book, Poopendous! In hilarious verses, with eye-popping illustrations, Poopendous! relates the many, often remarkable uses of poop throughout the world while paying homage to its prolific producers, from cats to bats to wombats! Virtuoso illustrator Mike Moran gives us a veritable Noah's Ark of critters doing their less-than-solemn doody. So pick up your pooper-scooper and come along for a riotously rib-tickling ride. You just may agree that poop is truly quite . . .  poopendous!