The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Wedgie Power Guidebook (Official TV Handbook) Award-winning author by Dav Pilkey (author) (UK edition)

Meet the world-famous waistband warrior… the amazing Captain Underpants! Class clowns George Beard and Harold Hutchins love pulling pranks… and making comics. So what happens when they accidentally turn their mean old principal into a comic-book hero who fights villains using wedgie power? Well, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School — and the world — will never be the same! In this book, you’ll get up close and personal with these two practical pranksters… and spend some quality time with Captain Underpants and the kids of Jerome Horwitz Elementary. Plus, you’ll meet brand-new villains like the Vile Vimpire, Queen Tootenfarti, the Homework Hydra, DJ Drowsy Drawers, and many more! It’s your must-have guide to the hilarious hit TV show.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407192055

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

August 2nd, 2018

Other details

112 pages

Condition

New

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.