Cat Kid Comic Club #3: On Purpose: A Graphic Novel #3 Award-winning author by Dav Pilkey (author and illustrator)

The perfect present for Dog Man fans – starring some of your favourite characters from the series!
The Cat Kid Comic Club is deep in discovery in the newest graphic novel in the hilarious and heartwarming worldwide bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man.
The comic club is going in all different directions! Naomi, Melvin, and siblings are each trying to find their purpose. Naomi has an idea to get rich quick that causes a lot of commotion and emotion. And when faced with rejections, the friends try and try again to stay true to their vision. To top it off, a surprise visitor comes to class to stir things up. Will a desire for money and power cloud Naomi’s purpose? Is it quitting time? Will the club ever be the same?
Award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey uses a variety of techniques -
including acrylic paints, coloured pencils, photography, collage, gouache, watercolours, and much more – to illustrate each frog’s
creative purpose and encourage teamwork. The kaleidoscope of art styles, paired with Pilkey’s trademark storytelling and humour,
fosters creativity, collaboration, independence, and empathy.

Readers of all ages will be inspired to dream up their own stories and unleash their own creativity as they dive into this pioneering graphic novel adventure from Dav Pilkey
Heartfelt and humorous with an amazing cast of characters, this is the perfect present for Dog Man fans
Full colour pages throughout make it a fun and bright read!

Our April 2022 Ages 7-8 Book of the Month

My April Book of the Month pick for 7 to 8 year old is the new Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose! This is the third title in the Cat Kid series, and it’s the third week at his Comic Club. Naomi, Melvin and their siblings are each trying to find their purpose. Naomi’s idea of a get rich quick scheme causes a lot of commotion and emotion in the club. Will a desire for money and power cloud Naomi’s purpose? Is it quitting time? Will the club ever be the same?

This is the tie in to the Dog Man series, from children’s firm favourite Dav Pilkey, who is also the award-winning author and illustrator of the worldwide bestselling Captain Underpants series which kids will also recognise from film and TV. This means there are loads more for them to get reading if they love this book. Pilkey’s illustration style and humour is exactly the same as a 7-9-year-olds which is why his books are such a big hit with kids. The full colour, comic-book-style pages make it easily accessible to readers of all ages, and its genuine child appeal encourages a love of reading in children. This book publishes on the 12th of April, but is available for pre-order now!

Su – Book Club Editor, Ages 7–11+

Product Details

Catalogue number

331 in Setanta SCB September 2025

Series

Cat Kid Comic Club (book 3)

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9781338801941

Publisher

Scholastic US

Date published

April 12th, 2022

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 2.4; Middle years; 1.0 points

Other details

224 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Cat Kid Comic Club

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.