Next week, on Friday, April 5th, Jurassic Park celebrates its twentieth anniversary and storms back on to the silver screen in 3-D.

While undoubtedly a groundbreaking and all-around great film that changed forever how we view dinosaurs, it may not be for everyone. Children may be traumatized by a T. rex crushing a car with two kids in it or the sight of a severed arm. Even I, a life-time dinosaur lover, may have been put off from dinosaurs for good if I had been allowed to see it as a four-year old when it was originally released.

What, then, do you show your children without frightening them or stifling their love of these remarkable creatures?

Below are five quality films and programs to show dinosaur-hungry kids who are too young to handle the gore and terror of Jurassic Park. While some may appeal to older viewers more than others, no kid will walk away from any of them without wanting to see and know more about dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts.