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Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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Occupation: Author

Description: Caldecott Honor recipient Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated a number of picture books and children's book series, with his greatest success coming from the prose-comics hybrid chapter books Captain Underpants, about a pair of pranksters who accidentally hypnotize their principal into becoming a superhero. Pilkey's silly, over-the-top style has made his books, with their bathroom humor and anti-authoritarian stance, a massive success with older kids. Pilkey has also written other graphic novel series in a similar vein. Start with: The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Gender: Male

Nationality: American

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Link: https://pilkey.com/

Label: Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

Link: https://pilkey.com/

Date: 1966-

Description: Caldecott Honor recipient Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated a number of picture books and children's book series, with his greatest success coming from the prose-comics hybrid chapter books Captain Underpants, about a pair of pranksters who accidentally hypnotize their principal into becoming a superhero. Pilkey's silly, over-the-top style has made his books, with their bathroom humor and anti-authoritarian stance, a massive success with older kids. Pilkey has also written other graphic novel series in a similar vein. Start with: The Adventures of Captain Underpants

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trueAction-packed

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Gender: Male

Birth place

trueUnited States

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

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Appeal Terms

Pace Pace is the rate at which a story unfolds for the reader.

Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"

Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.

Storyline Storyline is a quick way to determine a book's focus and structure

Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.

Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.

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The person Pilkey, Dav, 1966- represents an individual (alive, dead, undead, or fictional) associated with resources found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
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Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books because of the characters.