If you’ve got a little dino lover in your house, you need these dinosaur books for preschoolers. Have prehistoric fun with dinosaur books for kids! Whether you’re looking for a dinosaur story book to read to your kids at bedtime or a fun dinosaur picture book to read and connect with your kids, they will love these picks!

While Ryan might be obsessed with all things truck, my other little guy is all about dinosaurs. From day one, he loved animals, but as soon as he realized the magic of dinosaurs, he fell in love. One of the first real things I remember him saying as a baby was, “dinosaur, raaah!” after watching Peppa Pig a few too many times.

As a kid, I loved dinosaurs as well so it’s been fun sharing that with him. I can proudly state that I know the scientific names for almost all of the dinosaurs. I’m pretty sure I look absolutely crazy sitting with a 2 year old and explaining the difference between a brontosaurus and a brachiosaurus, but hey – it makes him happy, so I’ll go with it.

While I will never (ever) be the kind of mom who teaches at home or home schools, I do put a lot of value in reading. After Ryan, I definitely realized that the key to getting the kids interested in reading was to force feed (I kid) them lots of books on their favorite topic – hence these dinosaur books for kids.

Every night I let the boys pick a book out to read in Ryan’s bed, cuddled together. Almost ever night, Ryan grabs one of his (many, many) truck books and Owen grabs a fun dinosaur book for preschoolers. After the truck books for kids post was so popular, I thought I’d also share some of our favorite dinosaur books for kids.

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Roaring Good Dinosaur Books for Preschoolers

These are my top 10 favorite dinosaur books for kids – most are pretty modern, have really fun or silly stories, and even better illustrations. Nothing dry, boring, or dated here!

My Big Dinosaur Book

This was one of the first dinosaur books we bought Owen – in fact, we bought the truck one for Ryan when he was a baby – but it’s so fun. Huge pictures, super solid and a big size, so it’s fun and exciting for little hands.

 

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen

This book explaining how dinos say goodnight is one of my favorite dinosaur books for preschoolers – asking questions like, “does a dinosaur slam his tail and pout?” in response to the question of how dinosaurs say goodnight, it’s helped us with bed time tantrums.

 

Brontorina by James Howe

Brontorina just wants to dance in her dance class, but she’s too big! Read with your little dinosaur lover about how Brontorina doesn’t let anything get in her way when it comes to her dreams.

 

We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner

If you’re a fan of Laurie Berkner’s music for kids, you’re going to love this dinosaur book for preschoolers! It takes her famous, We are the Dinosaurs song and turns the lyrics into a fun, beautifully illustrated book for kids.

 

Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman

As a mom of two young boys, things like underpants and absolutely hilarious. So a book pairing the silly undergarment and dinosaurs? Total win. This silly dinosaur picture book tells the real story about how dinosaurs became extinct during the “underpants war”.

 

Dinosaur Dance! by Sandra Boynton

Sandra Boynton fans will fall in love this with adorable board book. It’s written similiarly to her other books, in a silly, sing song way that tells you all about the favorite dances of the dinosaurs in the book.

 

Doughnuts for a Dragon by Adam Guillan

Okay, so this one is technically a dragon book, but Owen adores it. This silly rhyming picture book tells about George’s amazing adventure with a box of donuts and a time machine. If your kids like the “Dragons Love Tacos” books, they’ll love this one as well.

 

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

We grabbed our first Mo Willems book on sale at Kohls a year or two ago and I fell in love with his style. This silly tale takes a traditional story and puts a prehistoric twist on it in this dinosaur book for preschoolers. If you’re tired of the same old fairy tales, you’re going to LOVE this one.

 

Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton

Get ready to boogie down with some dinos in this dinosaur books for kids. If your kids love “Giraffe’s Can’t Dance”, they’ll love this silly book about dancing with dinosaurs!

 

Dinosaur Farm by Frann Preston-Gannon

This is my favorite dinosaur book for preschoolers, hands down. The cute theme, the farm animal feel – so cute. Learn all about how a farm works – from daily chores to taking care of the animals – but with the fun twist of the farm animals being dinosaurs.

Okay so tell me – what topic are your kids obsessed with? Do your kids like to read dinosaur books for kids? Which is your favorite? Let me know in the comments!

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10 Awesome Truck Books for Kids

Looking for fire trucks for toddlers? These are the best fire truck toys for kids who love big red fire trucks and the fire fighters who drive them! If you have a little in your life who loves fire truck toys, this is the gift guide for you. All of the fire truck toys for boys here are perfect for toddlers, but also will grow with the kids as well, so you can rest assured that these fire truck toys won’t end up in the donate bin in 6 months.

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Truck books for kids are the perfect solution for a truck loving kiddo who doesn’t like to read. By giving them a book about trucks for kids, you’re bringing reading and their interests together. These childrens books about transportation and trucks are sure to be a hit with your little mechanic to be. Any truck loving kid would love to find these books in their pile of birthday gifts or under a Christmas tree this year.

A few weeks ago I went to pick up Ryan at school – he was sitting at his favorite table reading a book about trucks. He immediately asked if he could bring it home which I immediately declined, explaining to his sweet teacher who was definitely going to offer to let us borrow it that we had 28 truck books at home.

Literally. I counted – we have 28 truck books for kids.

It’s no surprise to anyone who knows Ryan that we have a lot of truck books for kids – he’s genuinely obsessed. He also is the kind of kid I can not get to sit still for the life of me, so anything that encourages him to sit for a while and read a book sounds like heave for this tired, book lovin’ momma.

That being said, those books get old. You know what I mean – by the 15th read in 3 days of the same. dang. book you would rather start reading the encyclopedia on trucks than subject yourself to a 16th read.

So I’m here today with my top 10 truck books for kids – books that you might not have at home already, but your kids are going to adore. You’re welcome!

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