

Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea by #1 Bestselling Author and Caldecott Honoree Dav Pilkey to be Published Worldwide on March 28, 2023.Scholastic Announces Campaign to Celebrate Reading With “Dog Man Day” Events in Schools, Bookstores, and Libraries Around The World.His stories explore universally positive themes that celebrate the triumph of the good-hearted.

His Captain Underpants series and Dog Man graphic novels have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into many languages.ĭav lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, but his writing is inspired by children and adults around the world. Since then, Dav has written and illustrated a number of bestselling and award-winning children’s books, including the Caldecott Honor book The Paperboy. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories, so he spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books-the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. He was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav Pilkey received the 1997 Caldecott Honor Medal for The Paperboy, which he also wrote.In 2018, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation launched The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, an animated television show based on the Captain Underpants series.DreamWorks Animation released Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, a feature film adaptation based on the book series.Dog Man is available in 44 languages, Captain Underpants is available 43 languages and Cat Kid Comic Club is available in 21 languages.There are more than 60 million Dog Man books and 90 million Captain Underpants books in print worldwide.On the Webĭownload the sizzle reel: 30 seconds | 60 seconds | 90 seconds Dav Pilkey is the bestselling author and award-winning illustrator of books with humor and heart for children, including Captain Underpants and Dog Man.
