10 Educational Dinosaur Books for Kids

Dinosaurs are interesting creatures! They were around before any of us human-folk and became extinct before we even existed. A fact, which I still find hard to believe, but paleontologists and their findings say otherwise. So, who am I to disagree?!

Due to their extinction, all that we know about dinosaurs can be found in documentaries, museums, the internet, etc… All of which are very fun and informative ways to learn. However, the cognitive process of reading plays a quintessential role in learning. Therefore, in my opinion, books are always the best way to retain information. So, whether your child wants to research dinosaurs on their own or with your help, we’ve got a list of educational dinosaur books for kids from BookOutlet.ca that you can get at discounted prices.

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1. Monster Dinosaurs (Fast Facts)

Get the facts and nothing but the facts on the prehistoric giants we know today as dinosaurs, with larger fonts, simple sentence structures, and vocabulary kids know. Learn what dinosaurs looked like, how fossils were formed and which dinosaur specimens were the smallest, amongst other interesting facts.

2. Dinosaurs (I Explore)

Help your kids learn more about the world around them. Or, in this case, the world that was and the truth about dinosaurs, with a new range of fact books with cool 3D pictures like this one from iExplore.

3. Science Comics: Dinosaurs

First off, who doesn’t like comics?! That alone is is enough to make any kid want to use it to learn about the history of paleontology and the way that our ideas, as well as beliefs of dinosaurs, have changed over the last 150 years and will continue to change.

4. Dinosaurs In the Beginning

What, another dinosaur comic book??? This time in a 4 part series – start with #1 and work your way to #4.

In this particular hardcover book find out what the life of a dinosaur was like through the eyes of kid dinos. If you think, it was a calm and peaceful time just because no one could talk, think again and let the prehistoric mayhem begin!

5. Battling Dinosaurs (iExplore)

Get up close and personal with our planets most fearsome predators (but not in a scary way) with Battling Dinosaurs. Use this fun interactive book to watch two dinosaurs battle it out in a tech-augmented reality. Check out the profiles to see what each dinosaurs strengths, speed, and more are so you can challenge your friends to see who will pick the strongest one. Link up your smartphones/tablets and let the best dinosaur win!

6. Angry Birds Playground: Dinosaur

Thanks to National Geographic Kids your children can discover the awesome animals that used to roam this planet. The will go on a prehistoric adventure with some Angry Birds friends from the hit movie, including Mighty Eagle – the wisest bird of them all.

7. Dinosaurs (Magnetic Learning)

Your kids can create their own prehistoric scenes with reusable stickers and colourful dinosaur magnets on interchangeable magnetic boards. While they create they can have even more fun with the 56 pages of action-packed learning in this dinosaur activity book.

8. Seek and Find Dinosaurs

Seek and Find books always provide hours of fun with endless possibilities of what is hiding within each of the pages. The artwork is immaculate with all the bright colours, Seek and Find Dinosaurs also provides fun facts on each page to make your child’s experience even more valuable.

9. Dinosaurs (Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides)

Everyone around your child will be impressed with their knowledge of dinosaurs after reading Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guide. They’ll learn little facts about dinosaurs that you usually don’t hear too much about. For example; the bumpiness of their skin and whether or not the T-Rex croaked like a frog or roared like a mighty lion and so much more.

10. Peterson Field Guy Colouring Books

Coloring not only helps relax the mind when you’re stressed, it also improves memory and perception. The Peterson Field Guide Books educate as well as entertain and Dinosaurs it’s no different. Each drawing its accompanied by a brief description from the ferocious orange-ish T Rex to the green Proceratops and more… your children will find this book an enjoyable way of learning.

Why choose bookoutlet.ca?

Very rarely do I purchased books brand new, because unless it’s a reference book or one that I really love (*ahem* The Outsiders) I usually only read it once. For this reason, I don’t like to spend a ton of money on mine or my children’s books.

Bookoutlet.ca carries brand new and “like new” books that may have minor bends or tears that are publisher overstocks for affordable prices. Most of the time you can get at least 3-5 books for the same price as one book you can get from big box retailers.

That’s an amazing deal for book lovers!

For more information and to purchase your own books at a great deal, visit www.bookoutlet.ca.

Disclosure: Although this post has been generously sponsored by Bookoutlet.ca, as always, the opinions and language are my own.