A personalised dinosaur book where your child is the hero
Nearly every small child goes through a dinosaur phase, and nearly every dinosaur book treats them as a spectator — facts about the Cretaceous, or a story about somebody else. This one puts them in it.
In a Storykin dinosaur story your child finds the egg. They are the one who decides what to do about the enormous, hopeful creature that climbs out of it, and they are the one who works out how to get it home.
What happens in the story
They find something they were not meant to find
The story opens in a place a child actually recognises — a garden, a hedge, the long grass at the end of the lawn — and something is hidden there that should not be.
They have to decide what to do
A hatchling is not a toy. Your child is the one who feeds it, hides it, and gradually works out that it belongs somewhere else.
They do the brave thing
Every dinosaur story ends with a walk your child did not have to take, and a goodbye they chose. That is the bit that gets read again at bedtime.
Lines from real dinosaur adventure books
Every book is written fresh, so yours will not contain these — but this is the voice.
“The egg gave a wobble. Then it gave a crack. Then it gave a sneeze.”
“It was warm as a loaf of bread and twice as heavy as the cat.”
“A great shadow moved between the trees, and it was not frightening at all.”
Questions people ask
Is a dinosaur story too frightening for a toddler?
No. Storykin dinosaur books are about a small creature that needs looking after, not a predator. The tone is warm the whole way through, and you read the finished book before you decide to buy it — so you can check for yourself.
Which dinosaurs appear?
The story is written around your child rather than a species list, so the dinosaur is described as a character rather than labelled. If your child has a favourite, put it in the name of their companion and it will run through the whole book.
What age is a dinosaur book right for?
It works best between two and eight. Younger children get a bedtime story with a friendly creature in it; older ones follow the adventure and the decision at the end.
Make one and read it first
It takes a couple of minutes and costs nothing until you decide to keep it.
Create a dinosaur adventure book