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Five Faves: Humorous Dinosaur Picture Books

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Like peanut butter and jelly, humor and dinosaurs are a perfect combination.  The books below are sure to be a hit with young readers, be they lovers of dinosaurs or just looking for a laugh!

Archibald and the Furry Dinosaurs
Written by Suzanne Lang
Illustrated by Max Lang
New York : Random House Studio, 2025. Picture book.

Archibald is a bald dinosaur.  Archibald is the only bald dinosaur.  He looks high, he looks low—furry dinosaurs are everywhere!  All the dynamite 'dos are bumming Archibald out, so he sets off on a quest to find his lost hair.  Will he join the curly coiffed crowd or will he find something else altogether unexpected?

Written by Suzy Levinson
Illustrated by Dustin Harbin
Toronto, Ontario : Tundra, 2025. Picture book.

In Dinos that Drive, dinosaurs are on the move! From minivans, to garbage trucks, and even things that fly, dinosaurs are showing off their driving skills in this hilarious picture book poetry collection.

Written by Timothy Knapman
Illustrated by Sarah Warburton
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2025. Picture book.

A little boy is not excited to be dragged along on a trip to the grocery store.  What he thinks will be a normal, boring trip, gets turned upside down when the boy discovers the store is filled with dinosaurs! The adults can't see the messy dinosaurs wreaking havoc throughout the store, so it's up to the little boy to tame the dinos and figure out a way to clean up the mess. 

Written by Tammi Sauer
Illustrated by Kyle Beckett
New York, NY : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2026. Picture book.

Pizzasaurus might not be the biggest dinosaur or the strongest dinosaur, but he is unique because he LOVES pizza!  But when the other dinosaurs start feeling a bit overlooked, pizzasaurus has the perfect fix—hot, cheesy pizza that everyone can enjoy!

Stemosaurus
Written by Andrew Root
Illustrated by Mark A. Chambers
New York : Two Lions, 2025. Picture book.

When a giant meteor is spotted heading straight towards Earth, Spike's love of math, inventing, and scientific discovery make him the perfect dino to handle the potential problem. Spike the Stemosaurus is there to save the day! 
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