Captain Underpants #9: Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers Award-winning author by Dav Pilkey (author)

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.

Reviews

1. bart simpson
   on 6 October 2012

   Lisa is so annoying

   shes a pain-in-the-butt-goody-two-shoes and always messing around on her stupid saxophone and going,

   "BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP,
   HAVE YOU ANY WOOL?"
   "YES, SIR, YES, SIR,
   THREE BAGS FULL.
   ONE FOR THE DOCTOR,
   AND ONE FOR THE DAME,
   BUT NONE FOR BART ifSIMPSON,
   WHO LIVES IN MY HOUSE!"
   BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GOT TWO GOBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGG

   1 out of 5

2. phil terrington
   on 2 October 2012

   my step-son LOVED it

   My step-son is a brilliant reader and reading is his top hobby. he loves it at school. he cant put a book down, which can sometimes be a slight problem like if i call, "Thomas, your teas ready!" i get back "down in a minute, im reading!" he is seven, eight soon. tomorrow in fact. he got this for his last bbirthday, and hes read it god how many times! ive got him a whole collection this year! Lets hope hes not reading this! ooh littleys coming down. better put this away, hes actually quite big but theres 3 toms in his class. one likes tob be called tom, one thomas which means they had to come up with a nickname and it came to littley, from his second name. Little. Thomas Little.
   The only negatives are that the age range is definitely WRONG. it should be any age, i, at 35, have read it my self and it even made me chuckle!the other one is that there wasnt enough of it
   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   1 out of 5

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