Dinosaurs Love Underpants (The Underpants Books)

I was so horrified by the ending that even though others have made the same point about the book I had to add another vote to say that this story is completely unsuitable for young children. It's not even that good before it descends into disturbing violence. We have loved "Aliens Love Underpants" since it came out, but this one is going into the recycling bin; I won't even donate it.

I bought several copies of this for my great nieces and nephew, for my grandson and granddaughter!! It has been a big hit!! They enjoyed the silliness, the bright colors and the funny explanation as to why the dinosaurs are no more!!

The only redeeming feature of this book is that it is told in rhyme. As a former educator, I was very disappointed, and wish I hadn't purchased it. From now on I won't purchase a book unless I have personal experience with the story. Don't waste your money on this book. Poor.

Is it as good as "Aliens Love Underpants?" No, but how do you top that? My son LOVES this book. These reviews about it being unsuitable for small children are just plain crazy! There is no blood, no guts, and no inappropriate language. It's a humorous story about how the dinosaurs became extinct, plain and simple. I love the part about the briefs being "way too pinchy." Cracks us up!!

The premise of the book is that dinosaurs became extinct because they fought each other over the cavemen's underwear. Overlooking the fact that dinosaurs and early humans did not co-exist, there is no rationale offered for why the dinosaurs wanted the underpants. Instead of being silly or funny, it's senseless and violent. For a rhyming book, it does not flow well at all. We enjoyed "Aliens Love Underpants" much more; that book has better rhymes, and is cute and funny. There are much better books out there.

My three year old grandson enjoyed it so much that he had me read it 4 times in a row. I had to tell him that I needed a. Read for a while. This was repeated several times in the course of the day! He giggled all through it! It made my day!

The rhyme in this is fun, the pictures suitably silly and all kids get that "underpants" are funny BUT cavemen, wooly mammoths and dinosaurs did not occupy the same space in time. I get that it is all silliness but I don't like the message that it sends to little kids. Evolution did exist and dinos, woolies and men lived millions of years apart.

-Creationist drivel that has humans and dinosaurs somehow living at the same time. There's no time and room for teaching kids this concept. Doing so can't be explained away as "fantasy" -- this is an anti-science view that perpetuates pure ignorance.

-Ends in a violent war.

-Doesn't rhyme or carry meter correctly.

This does all the things a children's book *shouldn't* do.

As other reviewers mentioned, this book is rather silly because it's about dinosaurs getting into fights over underwear. However, my four kids find it funny and amusing.
Other reviewers have mentioned the book as "violent", but we did not find it inappropriate at all.. for example, the big dinosaur fight is drawn comic-book style with "bang" and "crash" written in the drawings. Once they have fought themselves extinct, the dinosaurs are simply drawn laying down..
The point of the book is to be absurdly silly and funny and it does a good job of that. We also have the alien underpants book as well but my preschool boys enjoy the dinosaurs more than the aliens.

If you've ever wondered why the dinosaurs were wiped out, then you might want to read Dinosaurs Love Underpants.

Dinosaurs were all wiped out,
A long way back in history,
No one knows quite how or why,
This book solves the mystery...

In this follow-up to the award-winning Aliens Love Underpants, Claire Freedman has written another hilarious tale consisting of those things every child deems funny--underpants! Just like the Aliens, Dinosaurs love underpants, too. Who can resist those rainbow colors? Because of their love of underpants, the dinosaurs get into a prehistoric scuffle and are all wiped out because of a mighty pants war.

The story is written in rhyme, making it a fantastic read-aloud. It's fun to see the frightening T-Rex not after man, but after his underpants, and the triceratops and styracosaurus having an intense tug of war with a pair of briefs!

The delightful illustrations of the dinosaurs wearing colorful underpants will bring a smile to your face that's uncontrollable.

I loved loved loved this book! I purchased it through the Scholastic book catalog at my daughter's school. My children love the silly story and laugh at the humorous pictures.

Dinosaurs Love Underpants is a feast for both the eyes and the ears. Bright and colorful illustrations are bountiful in this quick, smartly rhyming story. Children and adults alike will be charmed by the unlikely demise of the dinos.

This book will provide endless entertainment for you and your child. Full of fun and goofy antics, I couldn't help but fall in love with the tale of how underpants saved mankind!

I'm quite surprised after reading all these poor reviews! My husband and I picked this up a few months ago and my 3 year old loves it! I have to read it to him every night before bedtime. While I do agree that the wording could have used some work ("Dinosaurs roamed everywhere, all teeth and huge long necks, scariest and meanest was Tyrannasaurus Rex"...I say "Scariest and meanest of all was Tyrannasaurus Rex to give it a better flow.) Overall though, I enjoy this book and so does my son so that's all that matters! His favorite part is "Diplodocus was really mad, His briefs were way too pinchy!" :)

My son thinks this book is hilarious! Our house loves anything about dinosaurs and we watch a LOT of dinosaur documentaries so even though yes the dinosaurs die at the end (which shouldn't be too shocking since it says it's the real answer to why dinosaurs are extinct) it's not violent at all just cute dinos fighting over underpants. Great for any dinosaur loving kiddo!

You would think that any story that had underpants and dinosaurs in it would be a sure bet as a group read aloud. Not so. The rhyming does not flow and the story line is so silly that I think the kids even realize that this makes absolutely no sense. This could have been so much better. I really liked the illustrations - they are nice and vibrant, but even they can't save this book. It's too low on laughs - once you get over the initial laughs that are generated from the mere mention of underpants, there's just nothing there. Stick with Aliens Love Underpants and any of the other zillion dinosaur stories out there.