Dav Pilkey

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David "Dav" Pilkey (b.March 4, 1966), is a popular children's author and artist.

Pilkey was born in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of four, Pilkey got kicked out of "Safety School" for "hurling objects out of the window." In elementary school, he was diagnosed as suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. In high school, Pilkey was insulted and teased by teachers about his artwork and sense of humor. After entering a university, Pilkey's cartoon scribblings in his notebook caught a professor's attention. Pilkey's professor then encouraged Pilkey to illustrate children's books. Eventually, Pilkey wrote and illustrated his first children's book, World War Won, and got it published at the age of nineteen. He also created the Captain Underpants comics.

His odd nickname came from a spell of employment in a pizza parlor; the management spelt his name "Dav" on his card, and the mistake stuck. He published the Dumb Bunnies series of books under the nom de plume Sue Denim, a joke form of “pseudonym”.

Pilkey wrote and illustrated the popular Captain Underpants series and The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby series. He also wrote and illustrated the Dumb Bunnies series (the humorous adventures of Momma Bunny, Baby Bunny, and Poppa Bunny), and the Dragon series. He wrote (but did not illustrate) the Ricky Ricotta series.

He married in 2005 to Sayuri [1].

Contents

[edit] Some of Dav's Books

[edit] Dragon Books

  • Dragon's Halloween
  • Dragon Gets By
  • Dragon's Fat Cat

[edit] Dumb Bunnies Books

  • The Dumb Bunnies
  • The Dumb Bunnies' Easter
  • Make Way for Dumb Bunnies
  • The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo

[edit] Captain Underpants Books

[edit] Ricky Ricotta Books

  • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
  • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Mutant Mosquitos from Mercury
  • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Vultures from Venus
  • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Mecha Monkeys from Mars
  • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Jurassic Jackrabbits from Jupiter
  • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn
  • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus

[edit] Big Dog & Little Dog Books

  • The Complete Adventures of Big Dog and Little Dog
  • Big Dog and Little Dog
  • Big Dog and Little Dog Going for a Walk
  • Big Dog and Little Dog Getting in Trouble
  • Big Dog and Little Dog Wearing Sweaters
  • Big Dog and Little Dog Making a Mistake

[edit] Creature Feature Books

  • Dogzilla
  • Kat Kong
  • Birdan

[edit] Other books

  • The Hallo-Wiener
  • Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
  • Dog Breath!: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis
  • God Bless the Gargoyles
  • The Silly Gooses
  • The Paperboy
  • The Moonglow Roll-O-Rama
  • When Cats Dream
  • Julius
  • World War Won

[edit] Coming soon

NOTE: Evidence of another new book has been found in The All New Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O' Fun 2. In the first Activity Book there was a comic in it called "Hairy Potty and the Underwear of Justice". In the second activity book there was a sequel called "The Night of the Terror of the Revenge of the Curse of the Bride of Hairy Potty". Quote: Coming Soon... From Treehouse Comix Inc. The Night of the Terror of the Dawn of the Day of the Curse of the Late-Afternoon of the Son of the Bride of Hairy Potty. So, if correct, this will lead to a third activity book.

[edit] Video games

  • Rescue Raider 4000
  • Bounce-O-Rama 2000
  • Splashernator 2000
  • Matchinator 4000
  • Pilkeymon's Paintbox
  • Dav Pilkey's Puzzles o' Plenty

[edit] External links

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