Build It! Dinosaurs: Make Supercool Models with Your Favorite LEGO® Parts

By Jennifer Kemmeter

With simple, step-by-step directions and a visually rich design, this unique series of instruction books for LEGO® creations helps young children learn and have fun simultaneously.

Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Baby Brontosaurus and more. . .

The Build It! series of visually rich instruction books for LEGO® creations is perfect for children ages 5 and up. Inside Build It! Dinosaurs, you'll find a range of creative models from the prehistoric era to put together, created using the LEGO® Classic set 10697, or bricks that LEGO® obsessives may already have at home. Each book in this interactive series contains 3-5 “dioramas” featuring a diverse range of models. Full color, step-by-step diagrams guide you through the process, enhancing the fun.

Build hours of family fun with the entire Build It! instruction book series. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
• Release date: Apr 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781513261126

Jennifer Kemmeter

Jennifer Kemmeter is a designer and publisher, as well as the author and creator of the best-selling Build It! series, easy and fun LEGO® books with creative building projects for young kids. Her new Play It! series focuses on teaching beginners how to read sheet music and play the piano or keyboard. Through books, she seeks to develop image-based tools to aid children in developing logical and creative approaches to independent problem solving. Jennifer lives in London, England, with twin sons who fill her home with their own piano education.

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Reviews for Build It! Dinosaurs

[oldschoolgirl · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book was perfect for my pre-teen nephew who loves Legos and dinosaurs! He found a few of the directions challenging, but overall was able to build the majority of the projects with no adult supervision. I found the directions to be clear and concise. Highly recommended!

[elenchus_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

W and I started immediately: took the book out of the parcel, showed it to him, went down to his Legos. We enjoyed selecting which schematic to build, and had the completed figure inside of an hour. We helped each other find bricks and interpret the guidelines, it was a relaxed and smooth experience, and I think we both enjoyed building. We never tried again. (I once suggested it specifically over holiday break, but W declined.)Observations on the book and how it works:● Builders should have a deep collection of piecesSchematics necessarily assume a good amount of Legos are available, unclear if any example would be useful to anyone with just a few sets to rely upon. Flipping through the book, I imagine a minority of pieces from one schematic would be used in any other design, fewer still if colour were important.● Builders should have a broad collection of piecesUnlike my generation (my Legos fixation peaked in the late 1970s), many pieces called for are not the "standard" rectilinear bricks but what I'd call specialty pieces. This is a good thing, these schematics reflect current state of Legos, but also requires a wide selection on hand. Alternatively, could be used to go shopping for specific pieces (do people do that nowadays)? Some reasons it isn't compelling for us:● Organisation is keyPoints up the need for organisation or builders will spend much time looking for pieces. Our collection is simply several large tubs of pieces, some still partially-connected to past models. It's a Lego junkyard. ● Colour selection makes a stark differenceUnsurprisingly, the schematics feature colour-coordinated examples, Our figure came out more or less rainbow piebald, based on whatever shade the required brick was when finally dug out of our bin. There was no guarantee we had the given piece in another colour, and it was too difficult to find it if we did.In short, it simply takes too long for too little payoff, given our current state of organisation and motivation.I suspect this series will be a big hit for some, and others it will be a novelty worth trying once, as it was for us.

[lbeller-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a great book of activities to do with your kids. I'm giving it to my brother as a gift to use with my nephew. He's going to love it!!

[gpeddy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I got this book to give to the daughter of a family friend. Boy does she love it! She doesn't have any formal Lego kits, just (lots and lots of) pieces picked up at yard sales and the thrift store. This book was perfect to take all of her assorted pieces and make something fun. I'll be looking for some of the other books by Ms. Kemmeter to add to this young girls fun.

[mtrumbo_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This review was done in conjunction with my eight year old. He skillfully put together a couple of the dinosaurs in the book while I watched since my help was not needed - the instructions were super clear! He did want me to mention that there is no such thing as a Brontosaurus anymore - turns out that it is the same thing as the Apatosaurus. Kid is walking dinosaur book. All in all, very cute book - would love to get him more of the series!

[kyurenka · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Even as an adult I want to run out and get legos or get over to my grandson's. Directions are as simple and clear as those accompanying a lego kit. Instructions are provided for 12 different dinosaurs and three baby dinosaurs. Even eggs are included!

[jamiebh-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is such a great find for my lego obsessed 5 year old. He loves building these dinosaurs and wants me to find more books like this.

[benuathanasia · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Really cute! It's literally JUST directions (no writing, introductions to each piece, background, etc). Similar to if someone took a collection of Lego pamphlets (that come in the kit boxes) and just collated and bound them. I couldn't ask for more.

[annedenney · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Build It! series is great. Children just love to build with LEGOs and sometimes they run out of ideas. I would highly recommend this book. It is a great book for Dino lovers, too, and we all know how much children like dinos.LEGOs classify as science in my book, so this is also a way to interest children in the more mechanical side of life, if you will.