Dragons Love Underpants: questions to ask and activities to try
Long ago, huge scaly dragons loved to wear big, bright underpants, but their fiery breath keeps burning holes in them. A pack of pant-loving dragons sets off on a knicker-nicking adventure through Pantasia.
What age is Dragons Love Underpants for?
Dragons Love Underpants is best for ages 3–6.
Dragons Love Underpants (Claire Freedman and Ben Cort)
- Age
- 3-6
- Best for
- Pure silliness and rhyme
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Read it loud and silly, and let your child giggle at every pair of pants. Then make up your own rhymes about other creatures who love pants.
Is this book right for your child?
- Age
- 3–6 (nursery to Year 1)
- What they'll enjoy
- Long ago, huge scaly dragons loved to wear big, bright underpants, but their fiery breath keeps burning holes in them. A pack of pant-loving dragons sets off on a knicker-nicking adventure through Pantasia.
- Helps with
- Pure silliness and rhyme
- Buy or borrow?
- Borrow it from the library first if you can. If your child asks for it again and again, it’s one worth owning, and the questions and activities on this page work best with the book open next to you.
What it helps with
- Laughing together
- Rhyme and rhythm
- Imagination
- Enjoying stories
Comprehension and discussion questions for Dragons Love Underpants
Pick two or three, not all of them. “I don’t know” is a fine answer, and you can always come back to it another day.
- “What did the dragons love to wear?”
- “Why did their underpants have holes in them?”
- “Where did the dragons go to find more pants?”
- “Which picture made you laugh the most?”
- “What colour pants would a dragon choose?”
- “What other creature might love underpants?”
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5-minute activities to try together
Design dragon pants
Draw a giant pair of fireproof pants for a dragon, with bright patterns and colours.
Rhyme time
Take turns finding words that rhyme with pants, fire and dragon.
Dragons Love Underpants activity sheet: printable worksheet and questions
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- Page 3, notes for the adult: curriculum links, a 20-minute session plan, extension activities, and support and challenge ideas
- Read it togetherEnjoy the story first.
- Ask 2 or 3 questionsFrom the list above, while everyone is calm.
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Use it as a lesson plan
Children can listen to Dragons Love Underpants, answer questions about it and give a reason for their ideas, and talk about laughing together.
A 20-minute session for ages 3–6 (nursery to Year 1), for a class, a small group or one child at home.
- Warm up (2 minutes). Show the cover and read the title. Ask: “What do you think this story will be about?”
- Read aloud (6 minutes). Read it all the way through. Tip: Read it loud and silly, and let your child giggle at every pair of pants. Then make up your own rhymes about other creatures who love pants.
- Talk about it (4 minutes). Pick two or three of the comprehension and discussion questions above. “What did the dragons love to wear?” works well to start.
- Activity (6 minutes). Do Design dragon pants. Draw a giant pair of fireproof pants for a dragon, with bright patterns and colours. Children who finish early can try Rhyme time.
- Wrap up (2 minutes). Ask each child for one thing they will remember from the story, and why.
Want to go further? The Dragons Love Underpants activity sheet has these questions with space to answer, a drawing and writing page, and notes for the adult.
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- Best for
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- Age
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- Best for
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- Age
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 29 October 2026
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