Dav Pilkey - Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

Pros: Very silly book, sure to please young readers who find body functions hilarious.
Cons: Can't say the title with a straight face.

Yes, I did say "PoopyPants". I actually was reciting the
name of the book we wanted to check out at the library. My
son, who wanted the book, was too embarrassed to ask the
librarian where we could find Captain Underpants and...

Pros: Gets kids to read
Cons: None if you don't mind a bit of bathroom humor

Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants series is either loved or hated by parents and teachers. For the kids who read these books though, I have never run into a child who dislikes this series. Monkey Girl is in the fifth grade and has been ...

Pros: Incredibly silly
Cons: May send you into an irretrievable case of the giggles

... be afraid. Okay, so I admit it, now that we've been whizzing through the Captain Underpants adventure books (errm, not sure if pun was intended or not) these things are growing on me. At first, I saw them as stupid, silly and a waste of trees. Now?...

Pros: corny, silly, creative, clever, fun
Cons: none

I've found the Fountain of Youth! It's contained in the clever silliness of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants books. One adventure, and you're magically transported back to grade school, when you didn't know what a mortgage was, and it was someone else's...