Captain Underpants : Book 8 : The Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People - Dav Pilkey

Captain Underpants : Book 8

The Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People

By: Dav Pilkey

Paperback | 1 September 2006 | Edition Number 1

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When we last saw George and Harold, they were about to take their pet pterodactyl Crackers back to the Cretaceous period. But things didn't work out quite as they had hoped. They've entered an absurd alternate reality where teachers are nice, kids are allowed to read banned books, and the cafeteria food doesn't smell like dirty diapers. Even worse, they've discovered alternate versions of themselves--Evil George and Evil Harold--who plan to unleash some preposterous plans on Piqua, Ohio. Now it's up to George and Harold to defeat the evil twins and THEIR superhero, Captain Blunderpants!

About the Author

When Dav Pilkey was a kid, his teachers thought he was disruptive, "behaviorally challenged," and in serious need of a major attitude adjustment.

When he wasn't writing sentences in the detention room, he could usually be found sitting at his private desk out in the hallway. There he spent his time writing and drawing his own original comic books about a superhero named Captain Underpants.

Dav's teachers told him, "You'd better straighten up, young man, because you can't spend the rest of your life making silly books."

Dav was not a very good listener!

But seriously...
Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated several popular award-winning books for children. The Adventures of Captain Underpants, which has nearly one million copies in print, was an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists and a Publishers Weekly "Cuffie" Award winner for the Funniest Book of the Year; Dog Breath was awarded the California Young Reader Medal; The Paperboy was chosen as a Caldecott Honor Book. Mr. Pilkey also illustrated the IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award-winning Dumb Bunnies books.

Dav Pilkey and his dog live in Oregon.
Industry Reviews
The critics are CRAZY about UNDERPANTS!

Irresistible. -- Entertainment Weekly

Call Pilkey... the savior of the 'reluctant reader.' -- USA Today

So appealing that youngsters won't notice that their vocabulary is stretching. --
School Library Journal

Pilkey's sharp humor shines, and is as much fun for parents as their young readers.
-- Parents' Choice Foundation

Combines empowerment and empathy with age-appropriate humor and action. --
Booklist

Celebrates the triumph of the good-hearted. -- The Educational Book and Media
Association