The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun [Paperback]

Dav Pilkey (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Fans of the Captain Underpants series will have tons o' fun with this activity book featuring George, Harold, Captain Underpants and the bad guys from the first four books. Readers can test their knowledge with puzzles, games, cool comics, drawing tips, trivia, and more! They can also create their own comic strips, just like Dav Pilkey does. And of course there are plenty of cheesy jokes, guaranteeing lots-o-laffs!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Comics! Puzzles! Jokes! Laffs! Flip-O-Rama! Stickers! Sound too good to be true? Captain Underpants (The Adventures of Captain Underpants: An Epic Novel, Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants, etc.) is all about making readers happy, especially in this "really cheesy" (hey, the captain said it, not me) activity book starring everyone's favorite wedgie-powered superhero and his fourth-grade creators, George and Harold. Learn how to write your very own comic book, solve word-find puzzles, find your way out of Doctor Diaper's Devastating Diaper of Doom maze, pick up a few prank tips, make flip-o-rama pictures, complete the Cafeteria Ladies' Crazy Crossword, read all about Hairy Potty, the evil nuclear waste-enhanced toilet with werewolf fangs, and so much more. The exquisitely juvenile humor and (intentionally) unsophisticated artwork will have even reluctant readers clamoring for more from the very talented and irreverent Dav Pilkey. Pass the final exam and you can send away for your P.H.D. (Pilkey Honorary Diploma), make-it-yourself graduation cap with real artificial tassels, and a membership card. All three Terrifying Name Change-O-Charts 2000 are included, as well as a sheet of full-color stickers featuring Turbo Toilet, jockey-clad Captain Underpants, and the snickering troublemakers, George and Harold. (Ages 7 to 10) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author

"Considered one of the most popular contemporary authors for readers in elementary school, (Dav Pilkey) is also regarded as a talented artist and inventive humorist as well as a subtle moralist. ...He underscores his works--even at their most outrageous--with a philosophy that emphasizes friendship, tolerance, and generosity and celebrates the triumph of the good-hearted."
-The Educational Book & Media Association

Dav Pilkey is the Caldecott Honor Award-winning creator of more than 40 books for children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Blue Sky Press (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439267617
• ISBN-13: 978-0439267618
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( P ) > Pilkey, Dav
  • #11 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Sports & Activities > Games > General
  • #35 in Books > Children's Books > Sports & Games > Games

More About the Author

"Considered one of the most popular contemporary authors for readers in elementary school, (Dav Pilkey) is also regarded as a talented artist and inventive humorist as well as a subtle moralist. ...He underscores his works--even at their most outrageous--with a philosophy that emphasizes friendship, tolerance, and generosity and celebrates the triumph of the good-hearted."

-The Educational Book & Media Association

Dav Pilkey is the Caldecott Honor Award-winning author and illustrator of more than 40 books for children. Check out his award-winning website at www.Pilkey.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Pilkey "Potty Prose", February 19, 2001

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KnitKnut (IL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun (Paperback)

If you have kids that have enjoyed reading the 4 Captain Underpants books before, they will surely love the gags in this book. Although it's not an epic tale like the previous chapter books, it is full of the typical "potty humor" that is classic Pilkey. Some of the jokes are a bit over the top (or should I say "in the sewer"?), but if you don't mind that, your kids will surely have fun doing all the activies, especially the mad-lib fill-in-the-blanks story. Just be warned, it might keep kids up half the night laughing if they read it for their bedtime story time. Or worse, they might need to change their pajamas if they laugh as hard as mine did!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for the Captain Underpants Fan, February 16, 2001

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"thehartmans" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun (Paperback)

If your child loves Captain Underpants, this is more of the nonsense that made Captain Underpants so much fun for kids! Lots of activities and the same Dav Pilkey humor! A fun book for the car or a snowy afternoon inside!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A++++ Material!, June 30, 2002

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Chiedu Ufoegbune "Chiedu" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun (Paperback)

This book is great, including that it has ideas to make a comic book, ideas to make FLIP-O-RAMA, and a whole new Captain Underpants Comic Book "Hairy Potty." This is A++++ Material.