Books

For Toddlers (age 18 months-3 years)

• Dancing dinos by Sally Lucas
• Dinos on the Go by Karma Wilson
• Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland
• Dinosaurs Dance by Larry Dane Brimner
• How do Dinosaurs Say Good Night by Jane Yolen
• Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields
• When Dinosaurs Go Visiting by Linda Martin

For Preschoolers (age 4-5 years)

• Can I have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please! by Lois Grambling
• Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
• How do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen
• If the Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard Most
• Patrick's Dinosaurs by Carol Carrick
• When Dinosaurs Go Visiting by Linda Martin
• The Dinosaur who Lived in My Backyard by B. G. Hennessy
• Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Stickland

Poems/Fingerplays

• Big Dinosaurs (Tune: Ten Little Indians)
• Five Enormous Dinosaurs
• Dinosaurs
• Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs (Tune: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear)
• Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs (Tune: Row, Row, Row your boat)
• Hiding Dinosaurs
• Oh, Where Did the Dinosaurs Go? (Tune: Where, oh where, did my little dog go?)
• One Friendly Dinosaur

Songs

• "If I had a dinosaur" from More Singable Songs by Raffi
• "Walk the dinosaur" from Kids Dance and Play by the Goanna Gang
• Or take your pick from these Dinosaur themed cds:
  • Dinosaur Rock by DinoRock
  • Most Amazing Dinosaur Songs

Activities

• Indianapolis may be too far to take a trip to the Children's Museum, but you can take a virtual tour of their excellent dinosaur exhibit
• There is a Dinosaur Puppet Activity on the CPL Kid's Dinosaur page. You can also find many other informative links there