Read-aloud picture books for ages 5–7
Big adventures.
Bigger hearts.
Turn a love of dinosaurs into time together. Explore colorful stories about friendship, teamwork, and big feelings. Each book has a free downloadable parent guide to help you keep the conversation going.
First edition · Final copies · While supplies last
Seven stories. Seven lessons worth keeping.
We're retiring the original editions of our first 7 picture books. Updated printings with refinements to the words and illustrations are on the way. Until then, get the first editions for $8.95 each.
Same stories. Same lessons. Original editions.
Free with every book
The story does the teaching. The guide does the talking.
Every picture book has a matching parent guide, a short PDF written for the adult. It explains what the story is really about, gives you questions tailored for young children, and ends with one small way to bring the story to life.
A note for grown-ups
Meet the characters
What the story is teaching
Questions to ask
Feelings check-in
Bring Megasauria into your day
Explore Megasauria
The book ends. The world doesn’t.
Every character has a home and every story has a place on the map. Wander as far as you like.
More ways to play
Megasauria, off the page.
Jigsaw puzzle · 1,000 piecesStegoRay the StegosaurusA weekend puzzle for grown-ups and older kids, a full piece of Megasauria artwork once complete.
$11.95
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Sticker pack · Produce PatchAnnie’s garden, for lunchboxes and notebooksA sheet of Produce Patch stickers featuring Annie, her garden, and the fruits and vegetables of DinoTopia.
$2.95
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Why Dino Defenders
Small studio. Big standard.
One value per book, inside the adventure
Teamwork, leadership, belonging, friendship, empathy, respect, curiosity — shown, not lectured.
Written to be read aloud
36 pages, about 15 minutes — one sitting, one conversation.
One consistent world
The same characters and places from book to puzzle to sticker. Nothing is licensed out.
“Nothing carries the Dino Defenders name until I’ve reviewed it, changed what needed changing, and approved it.”
Tarb, creator · How we make our books →
Where we’re going
We’re building a world they can grow with.
Dino Defenders begins with read-aloud picture books, but the dream is a world that grows alongside the children who discover it.
See where we’re going →