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Picture Books: Dinosaurs

These dinosaur picture books are full of playful stories to spark curiosity and imagination in young dino enthusiasts.

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  • Describes how a dinosaur eats, with no rude noises and while sitting very still.
    Book, 2005New York : Blue Sky Press, [2005] — E YOL
  • Explains how little dinosaurs should behave during a typical school day. Dinosaurs show that while they have the potential to create mischief at school, they know how to control themselves.
    Book, 2022Cartwheel 2022/05
  • Fearless Dinosaur takes on new challenges as he starts preschool, from meeting new friends to pasting glitter and googly eyes, but one task requires assistance from everyone.
    Book, 2016New York, New York : Disney/Hyperion, 2016. — E SHE
  • Even though the school children think Gus the dinosaur bus is a great way to get to school, his size is causing traffic problems for the principal and the town.
    Book, 2013Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013. — E LIU
  • The latest book in The Misadventures of Salem Hyde sees Sammy and Whammy leave the Natural History Museum with a dinosaur egg that's about to hatch!
    Book, 2015New York Amulet Books, 2015. — GN J CAM
  • Caillou and his family go to the natural history museum to look at the dinosaurs. Caillou really enjoys looking at the skeletons and learning about the different kinds of dinosaurs. When he loses sight of the others, he knows to stay put until Mommy…
    Book, 2019Montréal : Éditions Chouette, [2019] — E CAI
  • Ty The Tyrannosaur just wants to make a friend. Sadly, the other dinosaurs are all afraid of his sharp teeth! So Ty must go on an adventure to find a dinosaur brave enough to be friends with a Tyrannosaur.
    Book, 2008New York : Walker : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, c2008. — E FOR
  • Dinosaur spends a day "helping" his mother, from the time he roars to awaken her until their final contest at bedtime.
    Book, 2015Los Angeles : Disney/Hyperion, 2015. — E SHE
  • The book's narrator attempts to tell a tale about a unicorn, a dinosaur, and a shark, but the three characters are less than impressed and uncooperative.
    Book, 2023New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023. — E FEN
  • The reader helps Little Dino make new friends while avoiding the task of waking up the Big Dinosaur.
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — E FLE
  • When Brother and Sister visit the Bearsonian Museum, they luck out. A real dinosaur dig is taking place. What sort of fossils will they find? A Stegosaurus? A Spinosaurus? The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex? Dig in with the Berenstain Bears and find out!
    Book, 2012New York : HarperFestival, 2012. — E BER
  • Help! This little girl has lost her best friend. He's a dinosaur (not the extinct kind). He's enormous (bigger than a panda!). He was last seen before she gave him a bath and washed off all the mud (maybe that wasn't a good idea?). She's tried to…
    Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — E YOO
  • Three eggs begin to wiggle and wobble hatching Feather, a duck, Flap, a duck, and Spike, a dinosaur. They're three unlikely siblings who each want to stand out.
    Book, 2016New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. — E GEO
  • Marianne has no friends until she unearths an entire dinosaur skeleton on the beach and wishes that it would come to life.
    Book, 2020New York : Bloomsbury Chldren's Books, 2020. — E HUG
  • An absurd exploration of the domestic uses of dinosaurs and the things dinos just aren't good for at all. A humorous survey of the practical things dinosaurs can do explains how otherwise unused dinosaurs can offer a perfect excuse for forgetting…
    Book, 2014Toronto, Ontario : Tundra Books,a division of Random House Canada Limited, [2014] — E BAI
  • Jake loves dinosaurs, so with his birthday coming up, he knows just what kind of party he wants -- a dinosaur sleepover! Dino games, dino balloons, dino cake, dino movies. Dino everything! But when the day of the party arrives his friends all come…
    Book, 2025[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra, [2025] — E BAI
  • Meet a crew of rambunctious dinosaurs in this adorable story about friendship. When a dinosaur comes to play, you're sure to have lots of fun. But wouldn't 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . or even 10 dinosaurs be better still? Or would they be too big, too…
    Book, 2025Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow Inc., 2025. — E PEA
  • Ten Little Dinosaurs set off in search of adventure ... But what will the Ten Little Dinosaurs do when they meet a grumpy triceratops? And a stomping diplodocus? And a HUNGRY T-REX?
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — E BRO
  • When a child in a museum asks how dinosaurs became extinct, Dad comes up with a list of silly answers.
    Book, 2023New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2023] — E DYC
  • Benny loves bananas. He eats them morning, noon, and night. He even rides a bike with a yellow banana seat. In fact, Benny has a secret, he hopes one day he will turn into a banana! And if there is one thing Benny knows, it's that with a little…
    Book, 2022Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media Inc., [2022] — E HOL