Books and kit for dinosaur fans
A short, sensible list. You don’t need any of it: a museum visit and a library card do most of the work.
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Fossil hunting
- A 10x hand lens (affiliate link)For looking closely at fossils, pebbles and museum specimens.
- Fossil dig kits (affiliate link)Plaster blocks with a replica fossil to dig out at home. Messy, in a good way.
Books
- Triceratops books for children (affiliate link)Look for recent ones written with palaeontologists: the Torosaurus debate and the growth studies are newer than many books.
- Dinosaur encyclopedias (affiliate link)For the bigger picture: every group, every period.
At home
- Triceratops skeleton model kits (affiliate link)Build your own, then check the horns: adult brow horns curve forwards.
- Triceratops figures (affiliate link)For play and for comparing horn shapes with the Grow a Triceratops page.