With Jurassic World: Rebirth stomping into theaters and Walking with Dinosaurs roaring back to life on PBS this summer, dinosaurs are everywhere—on screens, in dreams, and definitely in your kids’ imaginations. What better time to channel their prehistoric passion into something both educational and wildly entertaining?
Whether your young readers are budding fossil hunters, joke-slinging comedians, or future paleo-artists, these dino-mite books by Ulysses Books for Young Readers are perfect for inclusion in any prehistoric round-ups you have planned this summer.
Jurassic Girl by Michele C. Hollow
September 2024, $14.95
Ages 8-12
Perfect for children interested in learning about dinosaurs, fossils, and women in STEM, this historical fiction book for children explores the fascinating life of 12-year-old Mary Anning, a fossil hunter who would grow up to be a famous paleontologist.
Drawing Dinosaurs by Brian Vitocruz
October 2025, $19.95
Ages 9+
Learn how to accurately draw your favorite dinosaurs, with this full-color drawing guide filled with realistic step-by-step instructions and fun facts about T. rexes, stegosauruses, triceratops, and more.
101 Silly Dinosaur Jokes for Kids by Ulysses Editors
July 2024, $16.95
Ages 5-10
This joke book is full of laughs that will never go extinct: funny, delightful Jurassic-era puns, knock-knocks, and gut-busters that dinosaur-obsessed kids will love reading, sharing, and telling.
Practice Writing with Dinosaurs! edited by Terry Dactall
December 2020, $12.95
Ages 4-6
Kids ages 4 to 6 will love practicing print and cursive handwriting with their favorite prehistoric dinos in this one-of-a-kind workbook that blends color-it-yourself illustrations and fascinating trivia and facts about dinosaurs with handwriting practice pages containing each dinosaur name spelled out and ready to trace.
