Personalised dinosaur footprint adventure book for your child

What happens in your child and the Rainbow Footprints

1. Your child discovers purple, blue and green footprints on the path.
2. The colourful trail winds through ferns and tall prehistoric trees.
3. Your child crosses stepping stones over a sparkling river.
4. Inside a cave, your child finds a nervous dinosaur painting a huge mural.
5. Your child helps add the final rainbow footprints, and the artist proudly shows their work.

How the first page could read

One bright morning, your child spotted a purple footprint beside the garden gate. Then came a blue one, shining on the path, and a green one pointing towards the woods. “Who walks in every colour?” wondered your child, slipping on sturdy boots to investigate.

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

This story gives children aged 3 to 6 a clear, playful mystery to follow: one colourful footprint after another. The route has gentle moments of exploration, from spotting colours among giant ferns to crossing a river on stepping stones, before the cave reveal. Rather than a roaring dinosaur chase, the ending centres on meeting a quiet dinosaur who loves to paint. Seeing your child drawn from their photo as the helper makes the small acts in the story feel especially close to home. The growing rainbow mural also gives parents plenty to point at, name and revisit during a read-aloud.

Reading it together

• Pause at each new footprint and ask your child to name its colour before turning the page.
• Invite your child to trace an imaginary trail in the air as the footprints travel through the forest, river and cave.
• After reading, give your child paper and crayons to draw their own set of rainbow dinosaur tracks.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft watercolour washes make the rainbow tracks, leafy forest and painted cave mural feel bright while keeping the shy dinosaur gentle. A sidekick idea: a bashful little Parasaurolophus with a paintbrush tucked behind its crest. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.