Captain Underpants: The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Award-winning author by Dav Pilkey (author and illustrator)

In this outrageous comic novel, Dav Pilkey creates a hilarious book “by George Beard and Harold Hutchins,” the fourth-grade stars of Pilkey’s bestselling Captain Underpants series.
George Beard and Harold Hutchins are two amazing kids.
Not only did they create Captain Underpants, but they’ve saved the world five times!
Now George and Harold bring you an all new superhero who’s faster than a speeding stroller, more powerful than diaper rash, and able to leap tall buildings without making poopy stinkers.
Meet Super Diaper Baby – the most powerful peewee to ever pack a punch.
George and Harold’s brand new superhero is sure to make kids laugh until drink comes out of their noses!

From the author of Captain Underpants, Cat Kid Comic Club and Dog Man series

Hilarious graphic novel illustrations throughout

Product Details

Catalogue number

412 in Setanta SCB Offer January 2026

Series

Captain Underpants

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780439981613

Publisher

Scholastic US

Date published

August 16th, 2002

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 2.5; Middle years; 0.5 points

Other details

128 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Captain Underpants

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.