When my boys were young some of their favorite books provided lots of facts about insects, animals, and dinosaurs.Dinosaurs still appeal to many children.

If you have an 8 to 12 year old intrigued with dinosaurs, this is a great book. Delightful pictures in full color, fascinating facts, journal  prompts, and real life applications will inspire children to live their faith.

The book covers 75 different types of dinosaurs with lessons. For example: don’t be a lazy lizard like T-rex  or look out for your friends like the Hypsilophodon. Character traits boosters, relationship tips, and promoting good life habits are all part of the lessons.The digging deeper questions get kids thinking about their behaviors and choices. Facts include dinosaur measurements, diet, and family. Th devotions use known facts about each dinosaur to relate to biblical truths. Te writing and descriptions will appeal to dinosaur enthusiasts.Facts are presented so kids understand, such as sharing that the largest dinosaur weights the same as ten elephants.

The author, Michelle Medlock Adams, investigated the facts book and lists an extensive sources including many websites you can look up.

Add fun to the book with a field trip to a museum that has dinosaur bones or create some activities to do at home.

Dinosaur Egg Hunt

Make large dinosaur footprints (paint a cardboard cutout, add paint, and press t on the grass o make chalk prints on a hard surface. Use a water melon for the egg at the end of the hunt.

Dig for dinosaurs

Bury lots of plastic toy dinosaurs for kids to dig up in roped off area or sandbox. Have tiny ones inside plastic eggs for the babies.

Dinosaur cookies

Make large sugar cookies and press footprints into cookies with the foot of a large plastic dinosaur. Use scraps of the dough to make large dinosaur teeth.