This year's summer reading challenge is all about dinosaurs! The library is the best place to find dinosaur books and activities!
Follow Diplodocus on the first day of his life as he hatches in the forest and meets many types of dinosaurs on his way to find his herd.
Dinosaur Spotlight: Diplodocus
Era: Mesozoic; Late Jurassic Period
Location: the Morrison Formation, which spans twelve U. S. states
A little girl named Sal wants to be a T. Rex, and struggles to fit into human society, while telling you all the neat things about Tyrannosaurus Rexes.
Dinosaur Spotlight: Tyrannosaurus Rex
Era: Mesozoic; Late Cretaceous Period
Location: Western North America
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything
A little boy gets annoyed when he must go on errands with his mother, until he gets real bonus dinosaurs out of the experience! It's funny to see how all these free dinosaurs disrupt daily life.
Dinosaur Spotlight: Stegosaurus
Era: Mesozoic; Late Jurassic Period
Location: the Western United States and Portugal
Brontorina wants to be a ballerina. She joins a dance school where they accommodate her the best they can, which is difficult because she is a dinosaur.
Dinosaur Spotlight: Brontosaurus
Era: Mesozoic; Late Jurassic Period
Location: present-day Utah and Wyoming
What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?
Patrick and his brother Hank, while cleaning the yard, speculate on what could have happened to the dinosaurs and why they are no longer around.
Dinosaur Spotlight: Pterosaur; It's actually a flying reptile!
Era: Mesozoic; from the Late Triassic Period to the end of the Cretaceous Period
Location: All over the world
This book is a great introduction to paleontology for little kids, with repetition and rhyming words. It shows how scientists must put dinosaur bones together like puzzle pieces to learn from them.
Dinosaur Spotlight: Triceratops
Era: Mesozoic; Late Cretaceous Period
Location: North America; places in the United States and Canada
We have more books about dinosaurs at the library!
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