10 Roaring Good Dinosaur Books for Preschoolers

These dinosaur books for preschoolers are perfect if you’ve got a little dino lover in your house. From dinosaur stories to tell at bedtime to fun picture books to read to toddlers. The whole family will love these picks!

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While Ryan might have seemingly hundreds of truck books, my other little guy is all about dinosaurs.

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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

First up, one of the first dinosaur books we bought Owen. In fact, we bought the truck one for Ryan when he was a baby. 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 bedtime tantrums.

It’s actually a series and has a version about friends, birthdays, Christmas, etc

Brontorina by James Howe

Brontorina just wants to dance in her dance class, but she’s too big! Learn 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! 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 picture book tells the real story about how dinos 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 similarly to her other books, in a silly, sing song way. The cute tale 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. I immediately fell in love with his style. This silly tale takes a traditional story and puts a prehistoric twist on it in this book.

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 one. 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 the fun twist is the farm animals are dinosaurs.

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