Dav Pilkey
Autor(a) de The Adventures of Captain Underpants
About the Author
Dav Pilkey was born on March 4th, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was a steel salesman, and his mother was the organist at a local church. In 1984, Pilkey attended Kent State University as an art major. One of Pilkey's freshman English professors complimented him on his creative writing skills, mostrar mais and encouraged him to write books, which launched him into his career. He found out about a contest for students who write and illustrate their own books, with the winners earning the prize of publication. Pilkey began creating his first book, "World War Won," and entered it in The National Written and Illustrated By...Awards Contest for Students. Pilkey won the contest and flew to Kansas City, Missouri to meet the editors and publishers at Landmark Editions, Inc. Soon after the publication of World War Won, Dav moved back to Kent, Ohio where he had gone to college. In 1997, Pilkey won the Caldecott Honor for his book "The Paperboy" but is perhaps better known for his "Captain Underpants" series, which he had created while still in elementary school. His title Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers made Publisher's Weekly best seller list for 2011. His title's, The Adventures of Captain Underpants and Dog Man Unleashed, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: "Dog Man" series author Dav Pilkey speaks during a "National Book Festival Presents" event, October 11, 2019. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
Séries
Obras por Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent… (1999) 3,648 exemplares
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets (2003) 2,695 exemplares
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers (2003) 2,520 exemplares
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury (Ricky Ricotta, No. 2) (2000) 1,064 exemplares
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Naughty Nightcrawlers From Neptune (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #8) (2016) 204 exemplares
The Second Captain Underpants Collection: Books 5-7 & Adventures of Super Diaper Baby (2004) 50 exemplares
Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-6 Boxed Set) (2019) 50 exemplares
Captain Underpants Collection 12 Books Bundle Gift Wrapped Slipcase Specially For You (2013) 33 exemplares
The Captain Underpants Two-in-One Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun 1 and 2: Comics, Laffs, Puzzles, Stickers,… (2007) 11 exemplares
The Cat Kid Comic Club Collection: From the Creator of Dog Man (Cat Kid Comic Club #1-3 Boxed Set) (2022) 11 exemplares
The Captain Underpants Double-Crunchy Book o' Fun: Color Edition (From the Creator of Dog Man) (2022) 11 exemplares
Dog Man: The Supa Buddies Mega Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-10 Box Set) (2021) 9 exemplares
Captain Underpants (2 books) and the ATTACK of the Talking Toilets, and the INVASION of the Incredibly Naughty… (2002) 9 exemplares
Captain Underpants Series - Complete 11 Book Collection - Adventures of Captain Underpants, Captain Underpants and the… (2003) 8 exemplares
The Adventures of Captain Underpants Books 1-8 / Super Diaper Baby 1-2 and The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu… (2010) 8 exemplares
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants (2024) 8 exemplares
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy -- Parts 1 & 2 (2-book Set) 5 exemplares
The Adventures of Captain Underpants / Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (2017) 4 exemplares
Dog Man: The Cat Kid Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4-6 Boxed Set) (2019) 4 exemplares
The Adventures of Captain Underpants and Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (2 Books) (Captain… (1997) 3 exemplares
Captain Underpants : the ultimate collection 3 exemplares
Capitan Mutanda: risate super-compilation numero 1 2 exemplares
Cat Kid 2 exemplares
Caption underpants 2 exemplares
Dav Pilkey's Hero Collection: 3-Book Boxed Set (Captain Underpants #1, Dog Man #1, Cat Kid Comic Club #1) (2021) 2 exemplares
Capitao Cueca e a saga sensacional de Fedor - O Grande. 12 (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 1 exemplar
DUMB BUNNIES SET: The Dumb Bunnies / The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo / Make Way for Dumb Bunnies (2005) 1 exemplar
Cat Kid Comic Club Influencers 1 exemplar
El Capitán Calzoncillos y los pérfidos tiparracos del espacio: 3 (El Capitán Calzoncillos a todo… 1 exemplar
The Halowiener 1 exemplar
Catkid 1 exemplar
DOGMAN FeTcH-22 1 exemplar
And The Unicorn 1 exemplar
A Covid Romance 1 exemplar
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets, the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From… (2003) 1 exemplar
Colección El Capitán Calzoncillos (6 Libros en español) / Captain Underpants Collection (6-Book… 1 exemplar
Captain Underpants Collection 13 Books Bundle By Dav Pilkey (The Adventures of Captain Underpants,the Attack of the… (2017) 1 exemplar
Captain Underpants The Wrath of the Wicked Wegie Woman #5/Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Boerboy #6 Full Color Editions (2018) 1 exemplar
Captain Underpants, The Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman, The Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1 and Part… (2001) 1 exemplar
Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants AND Captain Underpants and the wrath of the wicked… (2000) 1 exemplar
Captain Underpants Box Set (10 Books) 1 exemplar
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Fish 1 exemplar
Dog Man Series 9 Books Collection Set (Dog Man, Unleashed, A Tale of Two Kitties, Dog Man and Cat Kid, Lord of the… (2020) 1 exemplar
Dog Man: 4 Book Collection (Dog Man, Unleashed, A Tale of Two Kitties, Dog Man and Cat Kid) Plush Toy (2017) 1 exemplar
Dog Man, Lord of the Ring 1 exemplar
Associated Works
You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to… (2021) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Beard, George
Denim, Sue - Data de nascimento
- 1966-03-04
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Locais de residência
- Elyria, Ohio, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Educação
- Kent State University
- Ocupações
- author
illustrator
Membros
Críticas
Listas
For My Kids (1)
Christmas Books (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 158
- Also by
- 7
- Membros
- 80,957
- Popularidade
- #152
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 892
- ISBN
- 1,983
- Línguas
- 22
- Marcado como favorito
- 17