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Dav Pilkey Family & Content Guide

A family-focused guide to Dav Pilkey’s books, with notes on humor, language, themes, and reading considerations for different ages and sensitivities.

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• Book · Ages 7+DOG MANDav PilkeyA dog’s head is combined with a policeman’s body to create this hybrid supercop hound. (Ages 7 to 9)
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• D&RBook · 2012Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy TinkletrousersDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · Ages 7+FETCH-22Dav PilkeyThe eighth book in the Dog Man series. Petey the Cat feels better after getting out of jail but Li’l Petey struggles to find good in the world.
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• Book · Ages 7+FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLSDav PilkeyThe seventh book in the Dog Man series. A new villain has a bone to pick with Dog Man while Petey the Cat starts a new life.
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• Book · Ages 7+CAPTAIN UNDERPANTSDav PilkeyBoys and their principal fight evil. (Ages 7 to 10)
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• D&RBook · 2015Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-LotDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2014Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000Dav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · Ages 7+DOG MAN AND CAT KIDDav PilkeyThe fourth book in the Dog Man series. The world’s most evil cat might put the heroic duo off the scent of finding a missing starlet.
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• Book · Ages 7+LORD OF THE FLEASDav PilkeyThe fifth book in the Dog Man series. The villainous cat Petey becomes an unlikely ally.
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• Book · Ages 7+BRAWL OF THE WILDDav PilkeyThe sixth book in the Dog Man series. When he is wrongly sent to the pound, Dog Man’s friends try to prove his innocence.
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• D&RBook · 2003Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril NuggetsDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1999Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer SpaceDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2006Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty PeopleDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2013Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-BoxersDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2001Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie WomanDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · Ages 7+DOG MAN UNLEASHEDDav PilkeyOnly one hybrid hero can foil the criminally minded, again. (Ages 7 to 9)
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• D&RBook · 2021MOTHERING HEIGHTSDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2024BIG JIM BEGINSDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1999Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking ToiletsDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2003Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-BoogersDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2020GRIME AND PUNISHMENTDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1997 · Ages 10+The Adventures of Captain UnderpantsDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2024THE SCARLET SHEDDERDav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2023TWENTY THOUSAND FLEAS UNDER THE SEADav PilkeyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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