What Should Danny Do?: questions to ask and activities to try
Danny is a superhero in training, and his most important power is the power to choose. Readers decide what Danny does next, and see where each choice leads.
What age is What Should Danny Do? for?
What Should Danny Do? is best for ages 4–8.
What Should Danny Do? (Adir Levy, Ganit Levy and Mat Sadler)
- Age
- 4-8
- Best for
- Practising good choices
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Let your child choose at each fork, then go back and try the other path. Talk about how one choice changed the rest of Danny’s day.
Is this book right for your child?
- Age
- 4–8 (Reception to Year 3)
- What they'll enjoy
- Danny is a superhero in training, and his most important power is the power to choose. Readers decide what Danny does next, and see where each choice leads.
- Helps with
- Practising good choices
- 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
- Making choices
- Thinking about consequences
- Self-control
- Talking about feelings
Comprehension and discussion questions for What Should Danny Do?
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 is Danny’s super power?”
- “Which choice did you make first? What happened?”
- “What happened when Danny made a different choice?”
- “Which choice made Danny’s day better?”
- “What is a good choice you made today?”
- “What helps you make a good choice when you’re cross?”
For the full list of questions and more, download the PDF below.
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5-minute activities to try together
Choose the path
Make up a small everyday problem and draw two arrows: one good choice and one not-so-good choice. What happens next on each?
Super power badge
Make a badge that says "I have the power to choose" and wear it for the day.
What Should Danny Do? activity sheet: printable worksheet and questions
All the questions and activities above on a ready-to-print activity sheet: questions tagged by reading skill with space to answer, a drawing and writing page with a self-check, and notes for the adult with curriculum links and a 20-minute session plan. Pay by card, PayPal or Payhip and download straight away.
- Page 1, talk about it: questions about the story, each tagged with the reading skill it practises, with space to answer or tick
- Page 2, my favourite part: a drawing box, a sentence starter and a “how did I do?” self-check
- 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.
- Print the activity sheetAn activity sheet with questions, a drawing page and notes for you.
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Use it as a lesson plan
Children can listen to What Should Danny Do?, answer questions about it and give a reason for their ideas, and talk about making choices.
A 20-minute session for ages 4–8 (Reception to Year 3), 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: Let your child choose at each fork, then go back and try the other path. Talk about how one choice changed the rest of Danny’s day.
- Talk about it (4 minutes). Pick two or three of the comprehension and discussion questions above. “What is Danny’s super power?” works well to start.
- Activity (6 minutes). Do Choose the path. Make up a small everyday problem and draw two arrows: one good choice and one not-so-good choice. What happens next on each? Children who finish early can try Super power badge.
- Wrap up (2 minutes). Ask each child for one thing they will remember from the story, and why.
Want to go further? The What Should Danny Do? activity sheet has these questions with space to answer, a drawing and writing page, and notes for the adult.
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 29 October 2026
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