Unearth a Story: Read to Me

Our 2026 Bookworm Summer Reading Theme is Unearth a Story. Dig into these exciting reads to get you started!

Updated April 6, 2026
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?
Yoon, Helen
Paper Book
The creator of Sheepish (Wolf Under Cover), Off-Limits, and I'm a Unicorn brings her original whimsy to the tale of a child's special friend who goes missing after a bath--or does he? Help! This little girl has lost her best friend. He's a dinosaur (not the...
Regina is not a little dinosaur
Zuill, Andrea
Paper Book
Meet a young dinosaur seeking her independence in this hilarious picture book from the author of WOLF CAMP and SWEETY. When Regina's mother heads off to hunt, she tells her little dinosaur- stay in the nest and be mama's good little carnivore. But just who is she calling...
How to catch a dinosaur
Wallace, Adam
Paper Book
From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling team comes a dinomite How to Catch adventure sure to delight every dinosaur fan! Do dinosaurs still walk among us? Sure, no one has seen one, but if alligators, whales, and even birds still exist, then dinosaurs must too, right? Join the...
The natural tolls of digging holes
Badger, Springer
Paper Book
Like busy moles, we humans dig an awful lot of holes to get things done, in the ground, in our oceans, and even in our bathrooms! We dig holes in sandboxes to play games with friends, on ancient sites to discover awesome treasure and fossils, and on farms to plant the food we eat. Unfortunately,...
Diggersaurs
Whaite, Michael
Paper Book
Bigger than a digger...hungrier than a dinosaur...it's a DIGGERSAUR! This rhyming mash-up of dinosaurs and trucks will delight dino fanatics and construction fans alike. A dozen dinosaur trucks crunch, scrape, chomp, and rumble through this book as they work on roads and...
Up in the garden and down in the dirt
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
In this exuberant and lyrical addition to the award-winning Over and Under series, emerging readers will delight in discovering the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves, and down in the dirt. From the author-illustrator team behind...
Dig dig dinosaur
Goswami, Anjali
Paper Book
Get ready to DIG your way through this fun, informative, and dinosaur-themed board book! Three young adventurers embark on "an expedition to a faraway land." With the proper tools and an ambitious spirit, the adventurers dig for dinosaur bones, discovering and...
Stomp, soar, dino roar
Amato, Max
Paper Book
A romping, rhyming, onomatopoeic tale of Terri the Triceratops and the world of dinosaurs! Terri the Triceratops's world is full of strange sounds, from crawling critters and shaking trees to scorching volcanoes and frozen seas. As she embarks on a journey through the Late...
Dinosaur Day
Murray, Diana
Paper Book
Hooray! Hooray! It's Dino Day! From the best-selling creators of Unicorn Day comes a dino-mite celebration as all sorts of dinosaurs celebrate Dinosaur Day! On Dinosaur Day, dinosaurs love to stomp and chomp. But they like silly singing, rowdy swimming, and yummy desserts too....
This is NOT a dinosaur!
Timms, Barry
Paper Book
This book is NOT about a dinosaur. Well . . . OK, maybe it is! But THIS dinosaur can become the most amazing things - a soccer player, explorer, pirate, deep-sea diver, and even a hairdresser. Join the fun...
Dinosaurs in trucks because hey, why not?
Boynton, Sandra
Paper Book
Find out what happens when you suddenly give some dinosaurs their very own trucks in this hilarious rhyming board book from bestselling author Sandra Boynton.  You like dinosaurs. Of course you do! Dinosaurs are terrific! I like them too. ...
How to dress a dinosaur
Currie, Robin
Paper Book
​Winner of the 2023 Gold Medal BookFest Award Winner of the 2023 PenCraft Award Winner of the 2023 FAPA President's Gold Award Winner of the 2022 Moonbeam Spirit Award Bronze Board Book ROAR! Dinosaurs don't...
Calm your roar like a dinosaur : how to relax muscle by muscle
Patterson, Colleen A.
Paper Book
Feeling frustrated, frenzied, or full of roar? Calm yourself like a dinosaur! This book teaches little kids progressive muscle relaxation, a mindful self-guiding meditation technique proven to calm and ground the whole mind and body. With its catchy mantra and playful rhyme, Calm Your Roar...
First 100 dinosaurs
Priddy, Roger
Paper Book
Celebrate 25 years of Priddy Books! Inspiring a love of learning in over 200 million babies, toddlers, and young children. First 100 Dinosaurs is part of the best-selling First 100 series and full of first dinosaur words for toddlers to discover. Covering many...
Sam & Dave dig a hole
Barnett, Mac
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! A Caldecott Honor Book With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor. Sam and Dave are on a...
Dinosaur dance-off
Foss, Jorden
Paper Book
A dancing dinosaur discovers his family has some sweet moves Darwin the Dinosaur loves to dance, but he needs someone to join his troupe. When Mom and Dad offer to show him their moves, Darwin laughs. There's no way his prehistoric parents can groove like him, he thinks ... until they show...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.