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Elise Broach\u2019s When Dinosaurs Came with Everything<\/i> (Atheneum Books, 2010) is every kid\u2019s dream giveaway: as a little boy and his mother run their Friday errands, every store and office is handing out free dinosaurs. (At the doughnut shop: Buy a Dozen, Get a Dinosaur.) And these are real <\/i>dinosaurs. The kid collects four before his mom calls it quits, and home they go for lunch.\u00a0 A giggle for ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/if-the-dinos-came-back-Most-300x225.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Bernard Most\u2019s If the Dinosaurs Came Back<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1984), the narrator imagines what if would be like if dinosaurs were around today: they\u2019d mow lawns and serve as ladders; people could ride to work on their backs; and they\u2019d protect us from robbers. With catchy illustrations of big bright-colored dinosaurs. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/harry-and-the-_yi3-250x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Ian Whybrow\u2019s Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs<\/i> (Puffin, 2012), Harry finds a cache of old plastic dinosaur toys in his grandmother\u2019s attic, cleans them up, learns all their names, and soon carries them everywhere with him in a bucket. These are special dinosaurs: for Harry, they come to life. A problem arises when he loses his beloved dinosaurs on the train \u2013 but Harry knows just how to get them back. There are several sequels featuring Harry and his dinosaurs. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinosaur-roar-300x247.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Paul Stickland\u2019s Dinosaur Roar<\/i> (Puffin, 2002) is an introduction to opposites, with colorful and expressive dinosaurs and a simple, but clever, rhyming text \u2013 starting with \u201cDinosaur roar\/Dinosaur squeak\/Dinosaur fierce\/Dinosaur meek.\u201d For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/danny-and-the-dinosaur-50th-anniversary-edition-original-imaf6hrqpzyxyyye-200x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Syd Hoff\u2019s Danny and the Dinosaur<\/i>\u00a0(HarperCollins, 2008) was originally published in 1958 and is still going strong today. Danny visits a museum where he meets a live, friendly (and appealingly blimpish) dinosaur and off the two go for an adventurous day. Sequels are Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp<\/i> and Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur!<\/i> For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinosaurumpus-243x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Tony Mitton\u2019s Dinosaurumpus<\/i> (Scholastic, 2009) is a bouncy and colorful rumpus of cavorting dinosaurs with a rhyming and onomatopoetic text (lots of Thwacks, Bomps, Donks, and EEEKs). (\u201cShake, shake, shudder\/near the sludgy old swamp.\/The dinosaurs are coming.\/Get ready to romp!\u201d) Readers also learn some real dinosaur names and features. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katie-and-dinos-300x257.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In James Mayhew\u2019s Katie and the Dinosaurs<\/i> (Hodder & Stoughton, 2009), Katie visits the Natural History Museum, goes through a door marked \u201cNo Admittance,\u201d and finds herself in a prehistoric world of dinosaurs – where she helps a baby Hadrosaurus and distracts a hungry T. rex (with her lunch box). One of many Katie books. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinosaur-bob-300x246.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In William Joyce\u2019s Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1995), the adventurous Lazardo family obtains a pet dinosaur while on safari in Africa. (\u201cHe looks kind of like my uncle Bob,\u201d said Mrs. Lazardo. So they named him Bob.) The illustrations are gorgeous, and the whole thing is topped off with \u201cThe Ballad of Dinosaur Bob\u201d (by Zelda Lazardo), to be sung to the tune of \u201cAuld Lang Syne.\u201d For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinosaur-dream-300x240.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Dennis Nolan\u2019s Dinosaur Dream<\/i> (Aladdin, 1994), Wilbur wakes up to find a lost baby Apatosaurus outside his bedroom window. He names it Gideon (after paleontologist Gideon Mantell) and sets off on a 140-million-year-long trip through time to take it safely home again. Lovely pseudo-realistic illustrations. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/edwina-300x225.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Mo Willems\u2019s Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn\u2019t Know She Was Extinct<\/i> (Hyperion Books, 2006), Edwina is a sweetheart of a dinosaur who helps old ladies cross the street and bakes chocolate chip cookies. She\u2019s loved by all, except Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie, who insists \u2013 with lecture, illustrations, and a pointer \u2013 that the dinosaurs are TOTALLY EXTINCT. Edwina is horrified. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goldilocks-and-the-Three-Dinosaurs-Book-Cover-247x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Mo Willems\u2019s hysterical\u00a0Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs<\/i>\u00a0(Balzer + Bray, 2012), the dinosaurs make the beds, arrange the chairs, set out three tempting bowls of chocolate pudding heated to various temperatures, and go for a walk. Says Mama Dinosaur, \u201cI SURE HOPE NO INNOCENT LITTLE SUCCULENT CHILD HAPPENS BY OUR UNLOCKED HOME WHILE WE ARE\u2026uhh\u2026SOMEPLACE ELSE!\u201d Luckily visiting Goldilocks wises up before she becomes a dinosaur bon-bon. For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/patricks-dinos-233x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Carol Carrick\u2019s Patrick\u2019s Dinosaurs<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985), Patrick learns all about dinosaurs from his brother, Hank, and then becomes convinced that a fearsome T. rex<\/i> has followed them home \u2013 until Hank explains that the dinosaurs are long gone. Sequels include What Happened to Patrick\u2019s Dinosaurs?<\/i> \u2013 in which Hank explains the science of why the dinosaurs became extinct, while Patrick imagines a world of friendly dinosaurs helping people until they finally left Earth in a spaceship \u2013 and Patrick\u2019s Dinosaurs on the Internet<\/i> (no science whatsoever) in which Patrick takes a trip to the distant dinosaur planet. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/buying-training-caring-300x234.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Laura Joy Rennert\u2019s Buying, Training and Caring for Your Dinosaur<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2009) is a hilarious spoof on choosing a dinosaur pet. What kind, for example, is best for you? Horned? \u201cWith his bony frill and three horns, Triceratops is a great watch-dino. Please post a BEWARE OF DINO sign. Your mail carrier will appreciate this.\u201d For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lulu-and-the-bronto-175x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Judith Viorst\u2019s Lulu and the Brontosaurus<\/i> (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010) \u2013 with terrific illustrations by Lane Smith \u2013 Lulu, denied a brontosaurus for her birthday, throws a screaming fit, then packs a pickle sandwich and heads off into the woods to find a brontosaurus for herself.\u00a0 When she finally finds one, a problem arises: the brontosaurus wants to keep Lulu<\/em> as a pet. Readers get a choice of three different endings. Funny, clever, and a helpful lesson in behavior for ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/enormous-egg-226x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Oliver Butterworth\u2019s The Enormous Egg<\/i> (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1993), young Nate Twitchell is flabbergasted when an oversized egg from the family chicken coop in Freedom, NH, hatches out an infant Triceratops. Soon scientists and politicians converge on the farm, and Nate is confronted with the problem of what\u2019s best to do with his dinosaur. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shy-stegosaurus-195x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Evelyn Sibley Lampman\u2019s The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek<\/i> (Purple House Press, 2007), twins Joan and Joey Brown \u2013 out hunting fossils in the desert \u2013 find far more than they bargained for: a live Stegosaurus (George) who likes bananas and speaks English. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dino-empire-Abby-Howard-202x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Abby Howard\u2019s Dinosaur Empire!<\/em> (Amulet, 2017) is a graphic novel in which Ronnie and next-door neighbor Ms. Lernin, a retired paleontologist, go back in time to visit the three periods of the Mesozoic Era: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. One of the Earth Before Us series. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jurassic-park-168x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Michael Crichton\u2019s Jurassic Park<\/i> (Ballantine Books, 2012), the dinosaurs are back \u2013 cloned from blood samples in ancient amber \u2013 and they\u2019re smart and dangerous. In the sequel, Lost World<\/i>, they\u2019re back again<\/i>. Exciting reads for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| <\/td>\n | Steven Spielberg\u2019s 1993 film version of Jurassic Park<\/a> stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and lot of spectacular dinosaurs. Rated PG-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n REAL DINOSAURS<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bones-bones-300x263.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Byron Barton\u2019s Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones<\/i> (HarperFestival, 1990), six paleontologists in different-colored pith helmets hunt for dinosaur bones, dig them up, wrap them and send them to the museum, and then assemble a dinosaur skeleton. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinosaur-bones-barner-300x281.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Bob Barner\u2019s Dinosaur Bones<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2001) \u2013 illustrated with great paper-collage pictures \u2013 pairs a simple rhyming text (in big splashy print) with snippets of scientific fact (in smaller, more official-looking print). For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/First-Big-Book-of-Dinos-NG-300x297.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n By Catherine D. Hughes, National Geographic\u2019s First Big Book of Dinosaurs<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2011) covers dinosaurs in ascending order of size, from Small to Big, Giant, and Gigantic. For each, there\u2019s a reader-friendly description, a quick Facts box, and a pronunciation guide. The book is filled with activity suggestions and interactive questions and has great realistic illustrations by Franco Tempesta. A good pick for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/encyclopedia-prehistorica-237x300.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n By master paper engineer Robert Sabuda, Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs<\/i> (Candlewick, 2005) pairs basic information with 35 spectacular pop-up dinosaurs. For ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/magic-school-bus-1-300x250.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In Joanna Cole\u2019s The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs<\/i> (Scholastic, 1995), everyone\u2019s favorite teacher Ms. Frizzle \u2013 whose clothes I crave, especially that dress covered in vegetables \u2013 transports her class back in time for a tour of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods, with a stop-off at a Maiasaura nesting ground. Much of the information is conveyed through hand-written and illustrated student reports. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinosaur-tracks-300x240.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Dinosaur Tracks<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2007) in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series explains how fossil footprints form and what we can learn from them. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinosaurs-big-and-small-original-imafy7mxj9ec5hwn-300x245.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In the same series by Zoehfeld, see Dinosaurs Big and Small<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2002) which discusses the range of dinosaur sizes in terms of recognizable measures, such as an average-size kid, a school bus, and an elephant \u2013 a great link to math – Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2010), which covers fossil clues to the evolution of dinosaurs; and Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2003) which covers the first discovery of early feathers in a fossilized Archaeopteryx, Chinese fossils of feathered dinosaurs, and the link between dinosaurs and modern birds. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/digging-up-dinosaurs-original-imafkgxzypzhq45g-300x234.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Aliki\u2019s Digging Up Dinosaurs<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1988) in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series not only covers digging up dinosaurs, but the process of putting them back together again. The illustrations are wonderful, with detailed dinosaur skeletons, clever little cartoon people with dialogue in cartoon bubbles, and \u2013 on the cover \u2013 a female paleontologist. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n | Related books by Aliki are My Visit to the Dinosaurs<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1985), Dinosaur Bones<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1990) and Fossils Tell of Long Ago<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1990).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dinos-are-diff-Aliki-300x234.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Aliki\u2019s Dinosaurs Are Different<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1986) provides more detailed information than is found in the usual elementary dino book. Dinosaur differences are anatomic and taxonomic: the author explains the dinosaur family tree and shows the differences between the two orders of dinosaurs: the lizard-hipped saurischians and the bird-hipped ornithischians. Pictures, with color-coded bones, show readers how to tell them apart. Additional information is provided through kids exchanging dinosaur facts in cartoon conversation balloons. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dinosaurs-Gibbons-300x245.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n By Gail Gibbons, Dinosaurs!<\/i> (Holiday House, 2009) is a straightforward introduction to paleontology and dinosaurs \u2013 beginning with the massive meteor that hit the earth, bringing the Age of Dinosaurs to an end. Gibbons covers the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, profiles 14 different dinosaurs, and discusses dinosaur discoveries. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boy-were-we-wrong-300x240.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Kathleen V. Kudlinski\u2019s Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs<\/i> (Puffin, 2008) describes our changing beliefs about dinosaurs, beginning with the ancient Chinese, who thought the giant bones belonged to dragons. Theories continue to change today, as we discover more about dinosaur anatomy and behavior. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-dinosaur-museum-original-imafyd2bsvxqh6n7-296x300.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n | The National Geographic Society\u2019s The Dinosaur Museum<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2006) is a fabulous interactive tour of a natural history museum, with pop-up fossils, a dinosaur timeline, a sliding dinosaur size chart, and all kinds of fascinating flaps, tabs, and wheels. For ages 5-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |