15 Minute Dinosaur Bedtime Stories for Kids

Bedtime with a dinosaur-mad child can go one of two ways, and most nights it goes the loud way. You want a story they will beg for, but every dinosaur tale seems to end in a chase, a roar, or a chorus of one more.

These bedtime stories move the other direction. Each one is a complete fifteen-minute story about a dinosaur settling down for the night, a little long-neck helping her herd fold into the ferns, a triceratops trundling home as the light goes orange, a small stegosaurus warm in the river mud. The same familiar welcome opens every chapter, the language slows as the story goes, and the dinosaur always falls asleep first, so your child has someone to follow down.

By the last few minutes there are no questions left, only breathing. Press play at lights out and let the story finish the night for you.