Best Dinosaur Books for 3 Year Olds

How do you find a missing dinosaur who’s large and green and likes to roar? When a little boy’s dinosaur decides to play hide-and-seek, he is surprisingly difficult to track down.

Veteran illustrator Joe Mathieu’s dinomite illustrations and Jon Surgal’ s saur-ing verse will have kids roaring with laughter as they romp through this funny rhyming Beginner Book.

Explore the fascinating prehistoric world of dinosaurs that roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago in this interactive Peek-a-Flap!

Curious little readers will travel through multiple dino-themed scenes, including museum exhibits, natural habitats from the Jurassic period, and active dinosaur dig sites.

Learn all about the triceratops, stegosaurus, velociraptor, brachiosaurus, t.rex, and prehistoric marine reptiles that ruled the sea with fun surprises and facts that pop up under every sturdy lift-a-flap.

Do dinosaurs still walk among us? Sure, no one has seen one, but if alligators, whales, and even birds still exist, then dinosaurs must still exist, right? Join the daring How to Catch Kids as they try to wrangle a dinosaur in time for the school science fair and prove they're still around!

Parents, young readers, dinosaur lovers, and educators alike will roar with laughter in this dinosaur picture book that blends STEAM concepts with hilarity and clever chaos. Do YOU have what it takes to pluck a prehistoric pal?

Tiny T. Rex has a HUGE problem. His friend Pointy needs cheering up and only a hug will do. But with his short stature and teeny T. Rex arms, is a hug impossible? Not if Tiny has anything to say about it!

Touch, feel, and hear the dinosaurs in this interactive, sturdy board book that features appealing photo-real illustrations of dinosaurs, tactile textures, and exciting sounds.

Press the touch-and-feels to hear five exciting sounds, with a button on the last page to play all five sounds again!

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular good-night books ever. Simple verse and hilarious illustrations present common scenes of sly humor as enormous dinosaur children yawn and fuss and throw their toys about-before finally going to sleep.

Get to know a little T-rex, a baby Ankylosaurus and more of their friends. Just lift the flaps for a pop-up surprise! Read the lively rhymes for a fun story time book.

Send children off to bed with this adorable collection of bedtime rhymes! This book features a soft padded cover and sturdy board pages, perfect for little hands. Sweet illustrations show young dinosaurs in various stages of getting ready for bed, from taking a bath and reading a book to wishing on a star and enjoying a good-night hug and kiss.

Crash! Stomp! Roar! Come take a journey and listen to dinosaurs with this sound book! Meet prehistoric creatures on land, in the air, or even underwater and learn fun and ferocious facts along the way. Did you know that the Pteranodon could have a wingspan of more than 20 feet? Or that the Apatosaurus was an herbivore? What is an herbivore? Uncover the answer and explore these incredible creatures, while pressing the 10 sound buttons to a variety of dinosaur sounds. This dinosaur book will keep your toddler entertained for hours!

Fans of the StoryBots will recognize the colorful art from the hugely popular dinosaur video “Tyrannosaurus Rex” on YouTube. A gigantic body and super-sharp teeth make the Tyrannosaurus rex the most fearsome of the dinosaurs. Just don’t make fun of those tiny arms! This rhyming Step 1 Science Reader will entertain while imparting simple facts about the most popular carnivorous dinosaur of all.

Running through the jungle, Rumble the triceratops is off on an adventure! But will he get to bed on time? Written specifically for bedtime, this story is full of muddy puddles, tropical birds, erupting volcanoes, and one fun-loving little dinosaur. Adorable and heartwarming, this ten-minute countdown to bed is the perfect picture book to send little ones off to sleep.

Say good night to the dinosaurs as they settle down to sleep in this gentle bedtime read with rhyming text.  A tiny and tired T-rex enjoys a ride home on Mom's back; sleepy Stegosauruses look for a comfortable place to lie down; and the Diplodocuses curl up on the ground after spending the day munching leaves. As the stars twinkle in the dark sky, all of the dinosaurs fall asleep. Includes touch-and-feel elements throughout the book and one on the cover!

This fun-filled picture book has rhymes to read featuring facts about our giant prehistoric friends, enhanced with five big dinosaur pop-ups which jump out from the pages―including a mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Did you know that Argentinosaurus was as heavy as a herd of elephants? That Mosasaurus was three times the length of a great white shark? That Microraptor was the size of a pigeon but with four wings? The Colorful World of Dinosaurs imagines these majestic creatures as they might well have been, based on recent findings—feathered, finned, and full of color. Gorgeous watercolor illustrations accompany surprising, little-known, and fun-to-tell facts about dinosaur behavior, habits, and appearance, bringing these prehistoric creatures to life in a new way. This fascinating book will delight young readers and dinosaur fans of all ages.

If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it...why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur -- from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homework. This delightfully absurd exploration of the domestic uses of dinosaurs -- and the things dinos just aren't good for at all -- is guaranteed to tickle funny bones and spark imaginations. If you read carefully, you'll learn how to make your dinosaur last a very long time.