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Dinosaur Books for Dinosaur Lovers

In honor of DiNovember, but definitely year-round favorites, this selection of dinosaur titles has been specially curated by the dinosaurs that live in the CPL supply closet.

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19 items

  • Dining With Dinosaurs

    a Tasty Guide to Mesozoic Munching

    Bonner, Hannah,
    Sure, you know T. rex was the meat-eating king and brontosaurus munched on leaves, but what else was on the dino dining menu during the Mesozoic era?
    BookWashington, D.C. : National Geographic Kids, [2016] — J567 BON
  • Dinosaur Lady

    the Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

    Skeers, Linda,
    As a kid, Mary Anning loved hunting for fossils with her father. One day, that hobby led to an unexpected discovery: the skeleton of a creature no one had ever seen before. Mary had unearthed a dinosaur fossil.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Explore, [2020] — JBIO ANNING
  • Dinosaur roars at different animals on his way to the library and enjoys storytime when he gets there.
    Picture BookNew York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2011 — J PICTURE BOOK SHE
  • Edwina

    the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct

    Willems, Mo
    Edwina is well-known in her neighborhood. She plays with kids, she bakes delicious chocolate chip cookies and helps old ladies cross the street. She is well-loved by everyone except for one person.
    Picture BookNew York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2006 — J PICTURE BOOK WIL
  • A beautiful exploration of recently discovered feathered dinosaurs—the ancient ancestors of birds today.
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016 — J567.9 GUI
  • Big, scary and hungry, Thunder the dinosaur wants to chase and chomp Cluck, a small but brave dinosaur, but Cluck has decided that they will be friends.
    Easy ReaderNew York, New York : Simon Spotlight, 2021 — J READER ESB
  • Read along, dig along, sing along! Young paleontologists and dinosaur enthusiasts are invited on a fossil dig.
    BookSolon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022]
  • Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you? And it's your mother's fault. She fed you that cheese sandwich, which had a calcium atom that used to be in the bones of a T. rex.
    BookLittle Rock, AR : Mims House, 2021 — J576.119 HUT
  • Wave your hand, say the magic words, and transform a blank book into a magical book filled with dinosaurs. Now you see them, now you don't!
    BookSimon & Schuster 2022
  • After being told no drama and to put on his pajamas, the dinosaur is unimpressed and romps around the house undressed since human clothes are much too small for such a mighty dinosaur.
    Easy ReaderNew York : Simon Spotlight, 2021 — J READER FEN
  • With step-by-step instructions and delightful illustrations, this crafter's guide shows readers how to create prehistoric party invitations, pterodactyl wings, edible volcanoes and more.
    BookMinneapolis : Lerner Publications, 2020 — J745.5 LIM
  • Tiny Dino Worlds

    Create Your Own Prehistoric Habitats

    Kortsch, Christine Bayles,
    Create your own magical prehistoric terrariums and dioramas while teaching kids about dinosaurs and their habitats.
    BookBoulder, Colorado : Roost Books, [2020] — J567.9 KOR
  • A classroom full of young dinosaurs plays with toys, does art projects and reads books. But each activity is another opportunity for the over-enthusiastic Tyrannosaurus Rex to wreak havoc.
    Picture BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014 — J PICTURE BOOK BAR
  • Learn about all kinds of dinosaurs from Triceratops to Tyrannosaurs Rex.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2019] — J567.9 PER
  • What the Dinosaurs Saw

    Life on Earth Before Humans

    Burke, Fatti,
    A vibrant depiction of the earliest days of our universe and life on Earth before humans.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022 — J576.83 BUR
  • It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south and a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots, Magdalys Roca and the other children at the Colored Orphan Asylum are…
    BookNew York : Arthur A. Levine Books, c2018 — JFICTION OLDER
  • 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.
    BookNew York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — JFICTION PHELAN
  • Lunella is a preteen super genius who wants to change the world. Fearful of the monstrous genes inside her, life is turned upside down when a savage, red-scaled tyrant is teleported from prehistoric past to today.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC, [2016] — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR
  • The local police prove unhelpful when a 500-pound dinosaur skull vanishes from a secret excavation on Sage's family's ranch, so Teddy and his friends conduct their own investigation.
    BookNew York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] — JFICTION GIBBS