T-Rex's Big Stomp: A Dinosaur Story for Kids
T. rex grew as long as a school bus, with teeth as big as bananas! Follow one through steamy forests and misty rivers, and choose where he goes next. For kids 3–7+, free to preview.
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Let's go on a DINOSAUR adventure! We're travelling way, way back in time — long before there were any people on Earth. Look around. Giant ferns and trees everywhere. STOMP... STOMP... Something BIG is coming!
WHOA! It's a T-REX! His full name is Tyrannosaurus rex — say it with me: tie-RAN-oh-SOR-us! It means King of the Lizards. He's as long as a SCHOOL BUS, with sixty teeth as big as BANANAS. Look at that smile!
Now look at the size of his HEAD! It's bigger than you are. Watch him lift it high and sniff the air. SNIFF... SNIFF... He's looking for something. He's definitely on a mission. Let's follow him!
He's heading off! Where is he going?
How Big Was a T. Rex?
Tyrannosaurus rex grew to about 40 feet (12 meters) long, roughly the length of a school bus, and stood around 12 feet (nearly 4 meters) tall at the hips. A big adult weighed around 9 tons. Its head alone was about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long, and its mouth held around 60 teeth, the biggest as long as a banana.
What Happens in the Story
In T-Rex's Big Stomp, your child follows a T. rex through Late Cretaceous North America, about 67 million years ago, and chooses where he goes next. Four paths lead to four different endings:
Stop at a big lake, where one tiny dragonfly proves too quick even for T. rex
Slip into a cool, shady cave and hear what T. rex may really have sounded like
Wade across a misty river that barely reaches his knees
Find a nest of baby T. rex, which scientists think were fluffy with feathers
More T. Rex Facts
Tyrannosaurus rex means "tyrant lizard king."
The smelling part of its brain was huge, so T. rex could probably sniff out food from far away.
It lived alongside Triceratops and Ankylosaurus, near the very end of the age of dinosaurs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did T. rex have such small arms?
Nobody knows for sure. Its arms were only about 3 feet (1 meter) long, too short to reach its own mouth, though they were strong. One idea is that as its enormous head and jaws did more of the work, the arms simply shrank. Scientists are still debating it.
How did T. rex sleep?
No one has found a sleeping T. rex fossil, so nobody knows exactly. But some smaller dinosaurs have been found curled up asleep, tucked in just like birds, and birds are T. rex's living relatives.
More Dinosaur Stories
Meet the armored neighbor T. rex couldn't bite through in Ankylosaurus' Mighty Club, or browse all our dinosaur stories for kids.
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