Captain Underpants
Overview
If you dream of a reading hero zooming in to your children’s rescue, you need Captain Underpants. He represents all that is pre-shrunk and cottony – and he’s an expert at helping out reluctant readers too! When naughty schoolboys George and Harold accidentally brought Captain Underpants to life, they never dreamed that through his amazing wedgie-power, their school would be saved from disaster again and again… But with evil villains like Professor Poopypants and the Wicked Wedgie Woman to vanquish, even a hero like the Captain can find himself flying by the seat of his pants!
From a bestselling series that’s sold over 38 million copies, these fabulous books full of comic-strip pictures and toilet-tastic chuckles will have children reading on… and on… and on!
In this series
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Captain Underpants #1: The Adventures of Captain Underpants
- usd prices
- Offer price: $10.60
- RRP: $11.74
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £6.30
- RRP: £6.99
Authors
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.