The World of Dav Pilkey
“[Pilkey is] the best-selling bad boy of children’s literature”
— USA TODAY
About the Author
Dav Pilkey created his first stories as comic books while he was in elementary school. Since then, in addition to the Captain Underpants series, his Scholastic books include numerous popular, award-winning books for children, such as Dog Breath, winner of the California Young Reader Medal; The Paperboy, a Caldecott Honor Book; The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list; and the Dumb Bunnies series. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling The Adventures of Ook & Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future. For more information about Dav Pilkey, visit www.pilkey.com.
Announcements
- Scholastic Launches “The Adventures of Captain Underpants” App for iPad, Based on Bestselling Book Series by Dav Pilkey
Download images of the App Icon and App Main Page - Scholastic Blog Announces Fall 2012 Tour Dates for Dav Pilkey (August 2012)
- Scholastic Announces Two New "Captain Underpants" Books by Bestselling Author Dav Pilkey, and First-Ever Dav Pilkey e-Books
January 12, 2012 - DreamWorks Animation Plans to Bring Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants to the Big Screen
(October 19, 2011) - Scholastic Announces New Four-Book Deal With Captain Underpants Creator Dav Pilkey
(March 18, 2010)
Press Coverage
- NPR feature on Captain Underpants and Dav Pilkey (January 15, 2013)
- School Library Journal interview with Dav Pilkey (September 16, 2012)
- Slate.com “The triumphant return of Captain Underpants, hero to hyper, school-hating 8-year-olds” (September 7, 2012)
- Scripps-Howard News Service interview with Dav Pilkey (September 5, 2012)
- Entertainment Weekly interview with Dav Pilkey (August 31, 2012)
- Washington Post/Kids Post interview with Dav Pilkey (August 28, 2012)
- New York Post “In My Library” feature with Dav Pilkey (August 26, 2012)
- USA Today “By the Numbers” feature (June 30, 2011)
- New York Times review of Super Diaper Baby 2 (June 29, 2011
- BookPage Q&A with Dav Pilkey (May 2011)
- Los Angeles Times interview with Dav Pilkey (August 17, 2010
- Reuters interview with Dav Pilkey (August 10, 2010)
- Associated Press article "Will Fart Fiction Get Boys to Read?" (July 21, 2010)
Highlights
- There are more than 50 million books by Dav Pilkey in print worldwide
- Captain Underpants is available in 22 languages
- Dav Pilkey received the 1997 Caldecott Honor Medal for Paper Boy which he also wrote
- Dreamworks Animation acquired film rights to Captain Underpants in the fall of 2011
Downloads
- Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers book cover image (2013)
- Dav Pilkey Author Photo (photo credit: Karyn Carpenter, 2003)
- Super Diaper Baby book 2 book trailer
- The Adventures of Captain Underpants book cover image (1997)
- Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets book cover image (1999)
- Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space book cover image (1999)
- Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers book cover image (2012)
- The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby book cover image (2002)
- Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers book cover image (2011)
- The Adventures of Ook & Gluk, King-Fu Cavemen from the Future book cover image (2010)
- The Paperboy book cover image (1996)
