Pants

by Giles Andreae

Small children (and lots of adults!) love pants. They love talking about pants. They giggle whenever pants are mentioned. Let's face it - Pants are VERY FUNNY! PANTS is a picture book with a brilliant rhyming text by Giles Andreae and lots of hilarious pictures by Nick Sharratt. As we go through the book we meet lots of different animals, people and sometimes inanimate objects each wearing a different kind of pants - every shape, pattern, colour, size and style that you can think of - and lots more besides! This book will make children laugh and they will ask for it again and again. PANTS - which ones are your favourite?

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Storytime, Kids, Poetry

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2002

About the author

Giles Andreae is the author of several children's books, including the best-selling Giraffes Can't Dance, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. He is the creator of Purple Ronnie, one of the most successfully licensed cartoon characters in his native England.

Giles lives with his wife and three children in Notting Hill, England.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very amusing children's books illustrated by the brilliant Nick Sharrett. As with a lot of popular young children's books, there is no particular storyline to follow and instead just a variety of fun images and words. This book looks at all the different kinds of pants in the world..! Needless to say we enjoyed looking at this book together and the bright illustrations just made it all the more fun.

[Louise Bunting · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pants is a colourful, fun picture book which would be perfect choice to use at snack time or at the end of the day for EYFS and year 1. The book lists all of the different kinds of pants that different people and animals wear using fun and bright illustrations, and simple adjectives. The use of rhyme makes Pants a great book to read aloud and the comedic element keeps young children’s interest. The simple language and accompanying pictures make this book accessible to children of varying abilities and would introduce children with additional needs such as EAL to more language. At the same time, the use of adjectives could be used to encourage more able children to attempt more difficult language in their writing.

Pants also contains mathematical language such as numbers, size, patterns and asks the question ‘how many more pants can you see?’. Asking questions about the colours, animals and patterns on and size of the pants would be a great way to get young children to interact and discuss the book at story time.

[Lucia Rial · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pants is quite literally a book about pants. The book consists of vibrant illustrations and short rhythmic phrases that describe the pants. This light hearted book is great to read children in year 1. I remember the children often chose this book to read at storytime and as the text is easy to read and eye - catching, the children also like to join in to read it too. I think this book is great for inclusion, regardless if the child is a high flyer reader or a lower ability reader - it's one for all to enjoy.

[Siobhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful read from my childhood, one I’d certainly suggest for other youngsters. Whilst it is not my all-time favourite childhood read I can still recall all the details of this one meaning it certainly left a lasting impression upon my young mind.

And isn’t that what we want with children’s books, for them to leave a positive lasting impression?

[Pratik Sawal · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 15 month old loves this book and we love to look at him being amused by it.

[Deborah J Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

My granddaughter and I thoroughly enjoyed Pants.
It’s a colourfully illustrated, comical rhyming-story book about pants which made us both laugh.
It was fun and quick to read, and immediately grabbed my granddaughter’s attention. There is something about underwear… even for a two-year-old.
She has asked for it several times and is intent on describing what she can see in the pictures as soon as I read the words on the page.
A definite winner.

[Portable · Rating 4 out of 5]

Children love this hilarious list book of different kinds of patterns, with brightly coloured, humorous illustrations. Great for talking about favourites, and as a companion read to the equally brightly coloured Socks

[Liv · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has a very special place in my heart. It was the first book i remember from school. It is the kind of silly book to read to children on a Friday afternoon before home time. This is almost a song book and includes some rhyming which makes it a very attractive read to young children. This is definitely a EYFS or lower KS1 read.

[Chloe Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is very colourful and includes lots of adjectives and simple language. There is the use of antonyms such as rich and poor. The story is about lots of different types of pants which children would find funny.

[Jayne Pixton · Rating 3 out of 5]

a cute Rhyming book

[Hollie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who doesn’t love a pants book! The children were in fits of laughter

[Eve Colliass · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun book for young readers

[Annie Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a fun book for students showing all different types of pants.

[Abby combs]

Silly book with no actual lesson. just cute and funny images to get a laugh form everyone.

[Weeza B · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolute hit with my toddler, he loves the rhyming, the pictures and the brightness of it. Seeing all the characters in their different pants makes him giggle

[Fatima Seraj Alam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course a book on different pants (rather underpants) is a winner in my three year old’s eyes. Giggling all the way through, we sang the whole book.

[Natalie White · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children loved this book. They soon knew all the words and would read it to me!

[Ruby Tuesday · Rating 5 out of 5]

We've only had this books for about 5 weeks and I've read it hundred of times already. My two boys, 2 and 6 years love it! Nick Sharratt's illustrations are bright and cheerful, you can't help but love it. This is a celebration of pants of all shapes and sizes "pants to pick a daisy, pants for being lazy, pants on your head when you've gone crazy" (yes I know it off my heart now). This is a brilliant book for children that are being potty trained and beyond. If you've not read any other books illustrated by Nick Sharratt then you're in for a treat. Try "The witches kitchen" and "Octopus Socktopus" another two brilliant five star books!

There is a sequel to this book "More pants" - just when you though there couldn't possible be any more types of pants!

[Erin Buhr · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is pure silliness. If your child is in that toilet learning stage where they like to show everyone their underwear and are puzzled that others don't seem to share their glee, this is the book for them. Giles Andreae, author of Commotion Under the Ocean and Rumble in the Jungle, has created a celebration of underpants. Nick Sharratt's illustrations push it to a new level of silliness with their bright color and humorous depictions of animals and people sporting the most unusual underwear often in the most unusual of places. Short and silly. Perfect for little ones delighting in their transition to underpants.

[Bobby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some friends of mine from the UK sent us this book upon Guthrie's arrival. Orginally I just thought it was a clever gift given our penchant for British word meanings and the potential for hilarity when used by Americans in the UK (e.g. pants = underpants in the UK). When I finally got around to reading it to Guthrie, I loved it as did he. He was immediately attracted to the the bright, colorful pictures and I had fun with all the rhymes and their amusing illustrations. A winner for the whole family!

[Carol Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really good because its a little bit silly so children are generally automatically interested as soon as they hear the title. It is a very simple picture book which uses rhyme to describe different types of pants- from hairy pants to diamond pants and any other type of pants you can think of! It's really good for description and teaching adjectives in the Early Years because there are lots of bright illustrations which encourage children to describe them and you can base lessons on the book such as designing new pants in Art etc.

[Sarah]

This story is guaranteed to have the whole class in stitches. The book has lots of people and animals wearing different pants.

It is a good book for introducing and learning about adjectives to children aged 3-6

After reading this book to my nursery class we talked about all the different pants in the book and I also asked the children to think of more wacky pants.

The children then had to think of ideas for their own book called 'socks'

they worked in groups to write adjectives on sock shaped paper.

Children can also write pants poems using as many adjectives as possible.

[Chelsea Horton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super silly and fun book! I thought the book was about pants, but it is really about underpants! It shows different types of underpants for different people and animals! The illustrations are silly, the illustrator has such an imagination for each page. Great for reading to your children, but I do not think parents would enjoy having their children be read this in class. Some children might show off their underpants at school and that is not good.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious! I love that it rhymes and it was really fun for my son. It's a little funny that they are talking about underwear (UK English?- just guessing since the diaper was also a nappy) not pants, but I think that was one of the reasons my son liked it so much.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

We really love this book. Due to potty training at the moment this has been a really good read as it is all about pants! The book can be easily used to learn about colours and patterns. The images are really colourful!

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love love love this book, even though Ll isn't really ready for it yet. His sense of humour is not yet sophisticated enough for pants ... he's on about the level of repeatedly tapping his nose making him laugh.

[Kristie · Rating 5 out of 5]

What kid can resist this funny book about the different types of underpants that are out there?!!?!?

[Lisa Gooding · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children adore this book. Suitable for 3 year olds but my older child loves it too.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny

[Angela Randall]

I saw a bunch of 6-8 year old kids reading this together and they LOVED it.