Top 10 Best LEGO Books for Parents and Kids

Best LEGO Books for Parents and Kids

If you have been following our New to LEGO Starter Guide then you may be wondering what to do with all of the bulk LEGO bricks you have acquired in your growing collection! Below are the best LEGO books to keep you and your kids busy for hours!

1. The LEGO Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination

LEGO Books The LEGO Ideas Book Unlock Your Imagination

This book provides over 500 LEGO build ideas and includes many themes such as space, buildings, kingdoms, and transport. This book requires use of your imagination because it does not show full build instructions! Parents and their kids can figure out how to build these ideas together.

2. Cool Creations in 35 Pieces

LEGO Books Cool Creations in 35 Pieces

You can create everything in this book by reusing the same 35 LEGO bricks! There are tons of different categories of the builds including robots, animals, spaceships, and vehicles. It includes 87 different projects, but not all of them have step-by-step instructions. All of them use the same set of 35 bricks, but they are in different colors.

3. LEGO Awesome Ideas

LEGO Books LEGO Awesome Ideas

This book provides over 320 LEGO build ideas. Categories of builds include the wild west, outer space, and modern metropolis, but step-by-step instructions are not included. Parents and kids can figure out how to build these ideas together! But to get the most out of this book you should have a decent sized collection of bricks with more than just the basic pieces.

4. Genius LEGO Inventions with Bricks You Already Have

LEGO Books Genius LEGO Inventions with Bricks You Already Have

This book provides 40 build ideas to create robots, gadgets, vehicles, and other creations and step-by-step instructions are included! Many of these build involve moving parts and require a lot of technic bricks.

5. 365 Things to Do with LEGO Bricks

LEGO Books 365 Things to Do with LEGO Bricks

This book provides a build for every day of the year! There are tons of categories such as sports, games, art, animals, storage, and organization. Step-by-step build instructions are not included, but parents and kids can figure out the builds, games, and puzzles together!

6. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded

LEGO Books LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia Updated and Expanded

This book includes profiles of over 270 minifigures from the LEGO Star Wars saga. Minifigures are profiled from Episode I, Episode II, the Clone Wars, Episode III, Star Wars Rebels, Episode IV, Episode V, Episode VI, and Star Wars Legends! This book also profiles variants for many of the minifigures and comes with an exclusive minfigure of Boba Fett in prototype armor.

7. The LEGO Zoo: 50 Easy-to-Build Animals

LEGO Books The LEGO Zoo 50 Easy to Build Animals

This book provides 50 build ideas for making animals and step-by-step instructions are included. You may have to substitute some colors if you don’t have the correct bricks, but most of the builds use simple pieces.

8. Build It! Dinosaurs

LEGO Books Build It Dinosaurs

This book provides build ideas for 16 different dinosaur models. Step-by-step instructions are included. The difficulty level is on the easier side so this book is more appropriate for younger children or those with less experience building LEGO.

9. LEGO Action Vehicles

LEGO Books LEGO Action Vehicles

This book provides build ideas for action vehicles, such as a police helicopter, ambulance, fire truck, and dozens more. It includes a list of the bricks that are required for each build, along with detailed instructions. The builds in this book are a little more advanced, but are very detailed.

10. The LEGO Adventure Book

LEGO Books The LEGO Adventure Book

This book is the first in a 3-volume set that has hundreds of LEGO build ideas. It provides step-by-step instructions for some models, but includes hundreds of ideas. Volume 1 covers cars, castles, and dinosaurs; and Volume 2 covers spaceships, pirates, and dragons; while Volume 3 covers robots, planes, and cities. However there are many more builds to discover in each book!

These LEGO books are sure to bring hours of enjoyment to your household! For more LEGO Star Wars, check out our Top 10 Best LEGO Star Wars Books. Let us know which LEGO books are your favorites in the comments below!

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