Rip-Roaring Reads: Stories Featuring Dinosaurs

Dinosaur books are always popular.  This week, I'm sharing chapter book stories featuring dinosaurs.  Here are a few of our favorites . . . . 

Knights vs. Dinosaurs by Matt Phelan

With the realm at peace and few dragons about, the Knights of the Round Table are bored, so Merlin sends them to face the most terrible lizards of all --dinosaurs.

Dinosaur Trouble by Dick King-Smith

Young dinosaurs Nosy, a pterodactyl, and Banty, an apatosaurus, become friends, despite their parents' prejudices.

Dinosaur Boy by Cory Putman Oakes

Sprouting a tail and spikes over the summer before fifth grade, Sawyer, a boy with the dinosaur gene, is bullied in school, but when his tormentors begin to disappear, it is up to Sawyer, his best friend Elliot, and a mysterious new girl to rescue them from a galactically horrible fate.

More Dinosaur Stories --

The Bad Guys in Do-You-Thin-He-Saurus by Aaron Blabey

Caveboy Dave: More Scrawny Than Brawny by Aaron Reynolds

Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel Jose Older

Dino-Mike and the T.Rex Attack by Franco Aureliani

The Dinosaur Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

The Journey Through Time by Geronimo Stilton

Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster by Matthew McElligott

A Mysterious Egg by Stacy McAnulty

Saving the Stegosaurus by Rex Stone

October = Velocirapter Awareness Month

Did you know that October is Velociraptor Awareness Month?  So we're sharing books are velociraptors and other dinosaurs . . . .

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

A spin on the traditional tale with dinosaurs who visit Norway as the main characters.

Crunch the Shy Dinosaurs by Cirocco Dunlap

Advises the reader on how to interact with a very shy dinosaur.

T Is for Terrible by Peter McCarthy

A tyrannosaurus rex explains that he cannot help it that he is enormous and hungry and is not a vegetarian.

More Books --

All Aboard the Dino Train by Deb Lund

Bop Bop Dinosaur by Jim Cosgrove

Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran

Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein

Dinosaur Rescue by Penny Dale

Dinosaurs on Kitty Island by Michael Slack

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur by K. George

How Dinosaurs Went Extinct by Ame Dyckman

If I Had a Raptor by George O'Connor

I'm Big by Kate McMullan

One-osaurus, Two-saurus by Kim Norman

Pterodactyl Show and Tell by Thad Krasnesky

Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake

The Somethingosaur by Tony Mitton

Tea Rex by Molly Idle

Tiny Dino by Deborah Freedman

What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe Tuma

When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Dino-Mite Reads!

 This week, I'm sharing one of top requests -- dinosaur stories for kids.  So here are some of my favorite picture book dinosaur stories . . . .

T Is For Terrible by Peter McCarty

A tyrannosaurus rex explains that he cannot help it that he is enormous and hungry and is not a vegetarian.

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

The wacky story of three dinosaurs, including a visitor from Norway, who insist that they have not tidied up their home and prepared yummy pudding in order to trap a tasty little girl.

Brontorina by James Howe

Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.

Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton

A rhyming tale of Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and even Tyrannosaurus gathering at the swamp to dance.

Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein

An energetic young dinosaur figures out her own way to give a kiss.

More Dinosaur Stories --

Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please!? by Lois Grambling

Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap

Dinosaur vs. the Library by Bob Shea

Dinosaurs in Diguise by Stephen Krensky

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur by Kallie George

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen

I Am a Tyrannosaurus by Tatsuya Miyanishi

I'm Big! by Kate McMullan

The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman

Lizard from the Park by Mark Pett

Pterydactyl Show and Tell by Thad Krasnesky

Rex Wrecks It! by Ben Clanton

Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad by Liz Climo

Sea Rex by Molly Idle

The Somethingosaur by Tony Mitton

Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman

Tyrannosaurs Wrecks! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

What the Dinosaurs Did at School by Refe Tuma

When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through October 23, 2020.

Fortunately, the Milk

Mother is out of town and Father forgot to get milk for breakfast. 

On the way back from corner shop he hears a humming noise and looks up to find an alien ship. 

This is just the start of Father's amazing journey through space and time on his quest to bring the milk home for his children's breakfast.  Along the way he'll meet pirates, vampires, a volcano god, and a time-traveling dinosaur in a hot air balloon.

Will he ever make it home to his children with the milk?  And will they believe this amazing story he has to tell?

Neil Gaiman has come up with another great book!  Fortunately, the Milk is nonsensical, entertaining and great fun to read!  The line drawings by Skottie Young bring the book to life.  A definite must read for all!

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

Dinosaur books are some of the most popular books for young children.  Here are some of my favorites --

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
When three hungry dinosaurs lay a trap hoping to catch something to eat, Goldilocks who never listens to warnings, walks into their house and springs the trap.

Brontorina by James Howe
Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea
Little Dinosaur roars his way through a number of daily challenges, but he cannot seem to defeat bedtime.

Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus
A tiny primordial tadpole grows into a frog, feeling just as strong and powerful as the huge Tyrannosaurus rex that stomps through the mud.

T Is for Terrible by Peter McCarty
A tyrannosaurus rex explains that he cannot help it that he is enormous and hungry and is not a vegetarian.

Alphasaurs and Other Prehistoric Types by Sharon Werner
The dinosaurs in this stylish book are ingeniously engineered out of letters. A different typeface comprises each animal. Factual information about each dinosaur appears in multiple entries and fonts, making for an eye-catching and witty way to look at the ABC-DINO's.