Captain Underpants #1: The Adventures of Captain Underpants Award-winning by Dav Pilkey (author) (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.

Reviews

1. Kingma111
   on 26 January 2011

   Captain Underpants

   They are very funny and they are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   5 out of 5

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1. melvin-sneedly
   on 11 January 2024

   Hello I am melvin-sneedly the brainiac. this book is so not immature and i loved every page of it. he terrifying dr diaper. mr krupp getting hypnotised and even my enemies george and harold made a great impression so i give captain underpants 5 stars

   5 out of 5

2. panda56298488
   on 21 November 2020

   this book is a combat between captain underpants and dr. diaper.

   4 out of 5

3. Schol124827
   on 15 September 2017

   Undertastic

   5 out of 5

4. gobind123
   on 12 January 2015

   great book

   5 out of 5

5. ninjastickman
   on 6 March 2013

   Mr.Krupp is a mean man! At least he was before two schoolboys-George and Harold zapped him with a hypno ring so now he thinks he’s a superhero called captain underpants! I would recommend this book to 6-11 year olds

   4 out of 5

6. dude1234
   on 21 February 2013

   its good

7. migit1
   on 4 March 2012

   this epic book is truly amazing. i really love it!

8. lids
   on 2 March 2012

   i really really really really really want to read it

9. hairyfred
   on 4 September 2011

   I think this book is really funny

   5 out of 5

10. Lolo95
    on 1 March 2011

    really funny book a must have read.

    4 out of 5

11. Daryll
    on 7 December 2009

    Captain Underpants books are really funny and whenever he gets a splash of water on him he turns back into a normal horrible school teacher!

    5 out of 5

12. bookbear
    on 14 July 2009

    This book so SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!! i have all the captain underpants books and i love them!!!!!!!!

    5 out of 5

13. Lollipopgirl
    on 21 June 2009

    My friend read it so i said their’s heaps more captain underpants books in the libary and now thats the only thing i read LOL :)

    5 out of 5

14. jacbwoy
    on 14 June 2009

    this book is really funny . flip’o’ram is funny i like the part when geogre wacks robot butt

    5 out of 5

15. coolfunkydoggy
    on 29 November 2008

    this is a very funny book which has a flip’o’ramo in it.

    so good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!! happy reading.

    5 out of 5

16. irule4evr
    on 27 November 2008

    I thought that this book is extremely good because u get 2 see the humour. But the best thing about it is that there are some things that are called flip-o-rama. You put your left hand on something then it becomes good, like a moving picture. it is basicly about a superhero named ( captain Underpants) who saves the world from evil.

    5 out of 5

17. angle1998
    on 10 September 2008

    this book is so funny and it is a nice easy book

    5 out of 5

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