Captain Underpants: The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O'Fun! Award-winning author by Dav Pilkey (author) (UK edition)

Author/Illustrator

Dav Pilkey

When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books – the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.

In college, Dav met a teacher who encouraged him to illustrate and write. He won a national competition in 1986 and the prize was the publication of his first book, World War Won. He made many other books before being awarded the 1998 California Young Reader Medal for Dog Breath, which was published in 1994, and in 1997 he won the Caldecott Honor for The Paperboy.

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, published in 2002, was the first complete graphic novel spin-off from the Captain Underpants series and appeared at #6 on the USA Today bestseller list for all books, both adult and children’s, and was also a New York Times bestseller. It was followed by Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, also a USA Today bestseller. The unconventional style of these graphic novels is intended to encourage uninhibited creativity in kids.

His stories are semi-autobiographical and explore universal themes that celebrate friendship, tolerance, and the triumph of the good-hearted.

Dav loves to kayak in the Pacific Northwest with his wife.

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1. ninjastickman
   on 6 March 2013

   The captain underpants extra-crunchy book o’fun contains brilliant captain underpants based puzzles, jokes and lots more! I would recommend this book to 6-11 year olds

   5 out of 5

2. lids
   on 6 March 2012

   i readthis last tuesday and did the sticker sort of stuff.

3. Nive1
   on 29 June 2011

   It was fun reading this book and I also enjoyed doing the activities in this book because it was fun.

   5 out of 5

4. migit1
   on 5 March 2011

   great features from the book

5. pippy60
   on 3 March 2011

   SSSSSoooooooo funny I love it so funny because what chld goes around in his underpants?!?!?!?!!?!

6. fairydancer
   on 12 September 2010

   lol well good

7. kingsuperRobin
   on 17 May 2008

   This book is 1st of 3 activity books of the captain underpants series and is very funny and wild!

   5 out of 5