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    A Parent's and Child's Guide to Captain Underpants: An Unofficial Companion for Parents and Children
    A Parent's and Child's Guide to Captain Underpants: An Unofficial Companion for Parents and Children
    A Parent's and Child's Guide to Captain Underpants: An Unofficial Companion for Parents and Children
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    A Parent's and Child's Guide to Captain Underpants: An Unofficial Companion for Parents and Children

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    Captain Underpants is one of the most banned or challenged books in publication--should you let your child read it? This unofficial guide explains the controversy, and explores different positive and negative themes and plots. If you are concerned with letting your child read the series, this book will help you see what the book is all about and if it’s okay to let your child read it.

    This book also contains two discussion questions for each book in the series for parents to help their children think critically about what they have read.

    This study guide does NOT contain text from the actual book, and is not meant to be purchased as alternatives to reading the book. This study guide is an unofficial companion and not endorsed by the author or publisher of the book.

    We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookCaps
    Release dateMar 18, 2013
    ISBN9781301153138
    A Parent's and Child's Guide to Captain Underpants: An Unofficial Companion for Parents and Children
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    We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.Visit www.bookcaps.com to see more of our books, or contact us with any questions.

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      A Parent's and Child's Guide to Captain Underpants - BookCaps

      BookCaps Presents

      A Parent's and Child's Guide to Captain Underpants

      An Unofficial Companion for Parents and Children

      By BookCaps Study Guides/Golgotha Press

      © 2011 by Golgotha Press, Inc.

      Published at SmashWords

      Historical Context

      Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series, was born March 4, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. Consistent with his quirky personality, Dav lost the e from his first name when it was mistakenly left off of his name tag while he was employed at Pizza Hut. He never bothered to reclaim the letter, and thus the new spelling was born.

      Much like the characters in his popular Captain Underpants series, as a child, Dav was quite the troublemaker himself. Dav spent almost no time in the classroom. Instead, he could be found in one of two places--in the principal’s office writing sentences, or with his desk in the hallway outside the classroom. Still, Dav did not let the punishment get him down or ruin his spirit.

      Dav’s so called troublemaking stemmed in part from the fact that he learned differently than other children and was prone to hyperactivity. In elementary school, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Because of this, Dav had a difficult time learning material taught in a traditional way. He also had a hard time sitting still in his seat for any period of time. He was known by his teachers and principal as a high energy, rebellious young man. They encouraged him to take school more seriously, but Dav did not listen.

      It is a good thing he didn’t. While Dav was spending hours and hours in the hallway outside of his classroom, he was creating and developing the characters of his now famous Captain Underpants series. This may be the reason why the series resonates so well with young boys today. Children recognize that the books were written by one of their own. Children who fail to identify with books taken off typical elementary school reading lists can easily identify with the silly humor exhibited in Pilkey’s books.

      As a child, Pilkey faced many of the same hurdles his characters face in his popular series. For example, when his teachers discovered his comic book creations, they discouraged him. Instead of encouraging his creativity, they insisted that he stop with the foolish writing and take his school work more seriously. Once again, Pilkey’s poor listening skills worked to his advantage. He did not stop working on the comic book as he was told, but instead continued to develop the hilarious characters and stories that he would later revisit as an adult, and that would eventually evolve into one of the most popular works of children’s literature to date.

      Despite the frustration of Pilkey’s teachers during his youth, today he is considered one of the most popular present day children’s authors. Most importantly, his Captain Underpants series tops many elementary age children’s list of favorites, but Pilkey has many more awards to add to his resume. Most notably, they include the American Bookseller Pick of the list and a Publisher’s weekly Cuffie award for the funniest book of the year.

      Parental Concerns

      Since its conception, the Captain Underpants series has been material for raised eyebrows and concern among parents, teachers, and librarians. In 2002, the series was the 6th most frequently challenged according to the American Library Association. Authority figures have even gone so far as to ban the

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