For a 7-year-old who loves dinosaurs, a gift to open and share is Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs, a pop-up book by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart with 35 pop-ups. For facts, Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life is written for children aged 6 to 8, and for something to make, How to Build LEGO Dinosaurs has 30 models for LEGO fans aged 7 to 9.
This guide is for anyone buying a birthday or Christmas present for a 7-year-old who is keen on dinosaurs and may already have plenty of toy ones. It covers gift books, fact books, a building book, dinosaur stories and a picture-book life of a fossil hunter. Every pick is listed for about this age by our catalogue or the publisher.
For a present to unwrap and explore. This hardback pop-up book has 35 pop-ups, with information on well-known and lesser-known dinosaurs. Walker Books gives it an interest age of 5+ and describes it as a book to share with the whole family.
For a gift that doubles as a first reference book. DK publishes it for children aged 6 to 8; it covers more than 90 species, with photographs of fossils, illustrations and a pronunciation for every dinosaur, and it has a gold foil cover and gold edges.
For a child who wants detail. DK Eyewitness Dinosaur looks at different dinosaurs' bodies, diets, senses and evolution, with photographs, diagrams and a wall chart, in 72 pages. Our catalogue lists it for ages 6 to 8.
For a younger reader who likes to explore a subject page by page. The junior edition of Dinosaurium has text written for younger readers and takes on questions such as whether dinosaurs could swim and fly, and why they died out. It is an 80-page hardback; our catalogue lists it for ages 6 to 8.
For a child who likes quizzes as well as facts. It covers how fossils form, which dinosaur was the biggest and which was the size of a cat, with quizzes and photographs, in 64 pages. Our catalogue lists it for ages 6 to 8.
For a child who loves LEGO as much as dinosaurs. It shows 30 LEGO dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, each broken into three to five key building steps, with models that get harder through the book. The publisher says it suits LEGO fans aged 7 to 9, including beginners.
For a child moving on to chapter books. Rex, king of the dinosaurs, is frozen in a glacier and wakes 65 million years later in a world run by humans, where Bigfoot helps him hide and he has to get a job. Walker Books says it is the first book in a funny series for readers of 7+.
For a child who likes mysteries. Matt and Jo help track down a thief who has stolen fossilised eggs from a dig site in Romania. The publisher describes the series as fact meets fiction; it is 80 pages and our catalogue lists it for ages 6 to 8.
For a child who wants to be a palaeontologist. This Little People, BIG DREAMS picture biography tells how Mary Anning searched dangerous cliffs for shells and bones as a child and found a complete ichthyosaur skeleton, with a timeline and extra facts at the back. It is 32 pages; our catalogue lists it for ages 6 to 8.
For a dinosaur fan ready for what came later. It introduces eighteen giant animals of the Stone Age, from the woolly mammoth to the sabre-toothed cat, with facts and illustrations by Grahame Baker-Smith. Walker Books gives it an interest age of 6+.
Something to explore or make. Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs is a pop-up book with 35 pop-ups, and How to Build LEGO Dinosaurs has 30 models to build.
Rex: Dinosaur in Disguise is the first book in a series Walker Books publishes for readers of 7+. The Dinosaur Detectives in Dracula, Dragons and Dinosaurs is a shorter mystery at 80 pages.
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life is written for children aged 6 to 8. DK Eyewitness Dinosaur and DKfindout! Dinosaurs are listed for ages 6 to 8 in our catalogue.
A fossil hunter who, as the Little People, BIG DREAMS book tells it, found a complete ichthyosaur skeleton and advised the Geological Society. The book calls her the mother of palaeontology.
Selected by Fox & Fable from books in stock. Last updated 30 September 2026.
