Tiny Dino Worlds: Create Your Own Prehistoric Habitats

Create your own magical prehistoric terrariums and dioramas while teaching kids about dinosaurs and their habitats.

Tiny Dino Worlds shows dinosaur lovers of all ages how to create prehistoric habitats with real plants. From active volcanoes and dino poop to handmade fossils and interactive terrariums, kids and adults alike will have fun building living habitats for all of their favorite dinos.

Design a Jurassic world with plants that actually look just like prehistoric ones--or stage an epic battle between the vicious T-rex and the stubborn Triceratops. The book includes 26 simple projects (appropriate for kids ages 4-10), ranging from making sticky mud traps from homemade slime to cracking open "ice eggs" to reveal the dino hidden inside. Written by a crafty mom and vetted by two paleontologists, this book is jam-packed with fun, educational projects, weird but true facts about dinosaurs, and gorgeous step-by-step photography. Tiny Dino Worlds is sure to delight all the dinosaur-lovers in your life!

Christine Bayles Kortsch, PhD, is an author, photographer, and teacher. Her books include Tiny Dino Worlds: Create Your Own Prehistoric Habitats and Dress Culture in Late Victorian Women's Fiction: Literacy, Textiles, and Activism. Her essays and photos have been published in Taproot, Bella Grace, 5280 Magazine, and in literary journals. Christine has a PhD in English Literature and teaches succulent container gardening and terrarium design at the Denver Botanic Gardens and creative writing at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Christine lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband and two children, where she is currently writing a novel and renovating a cabin. Follow along on Instagram @christinebayleskortsch or learn more at cbkortsch.com.