Dog Man: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1)

by Dav Pilkey (Illustrator), Dav Pilkey (Illustrator), Dav Pilkey (Author)

New
Illustrated
2016
$12.04

New from the creators of Captain Underpants, it's Dog Man, the crime-biting canine who is part dog, part man, and ALL COP! George and Harold have created a new hero who digs into deception, claws after crooks, and rolls over robbers. When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. But can he resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty? This new series from Dav Pilkey may use conventional spelling but it is still full of all the same humour and fun of George and Harold's previous graphic novels!

Synopsis

New from the creators of Captain Underpants, it's Dog Man, the crime-biting canine who is part dog, part man, and ALL COP! George and Harold have created a new hero who digs into deception, claws after crooks, and rolls over robbers. When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. But can he resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty? This new series from Dav Pilkey may use conventional spelling but it is still full of all the same humour and fun of George and Harold's previous graphic novels!

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 01 Sep 2016
ISBN 10: 0545581605
ISBN 13: 9780545581608
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews

The critics are CRAZY about UNDERPANTS!
Irresistible. -- Entertainment Weekly
Call Pilkey... the savior of the 'reluctant reader.' -- USA Today
So appealing that youngsters won't notice that their vocabulary is stretching. -- School Library Journal
Pilkey's sharp humor shines, and is as much fun for parents as their young readers. -- Parents' Choice Foundation
Combines empowerment and empathy with age-appropriate humor and action. -- Booklist
Celebrates the triumph of the good-hearted. -- The Educational Book and Media Association
Praise for Dog Man
* Jose Garibaldi s coloring makes every page of this superlative police procedural spoof look as sharp as it is silly, and readers (of any age) will be giggling from start to finish. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
* A riotously funny and original addition for all elementary school collections. -- School Library Journal, starred review

Advance Praise for Dog Man
* Pilkey... has once again fired an arrow of joy straight at the fevered childhood psyche of millions of readers. An utter, unfettered delight. -- Booklist, starred review
* A riotously funny and original addition for all elementary school collections. -- School Library Journal, starred review
* Readers (of any age) will be giggling from start to finish. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
Advance Praise for Dog Man
* Pilkey... has again fired an arrow of joy straight at the fevered childhood psyche of millions of readers. An utter, unfettered delight. -- Booklist, starred review
* A riotously funny and original addition for all elementary school collections. -- School Library Journal, starred review
* Readers (of any age) will be giggling from start to finish. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
Advance Praise for Dog Man
* Pilkey... has again fired an arrow of joy straight at the fevered childhood psyche of millions of readers. An utter, unfettered delight. -- Booklist, starred review
* A riotously funny and original addition for all elementary school collections. -- School Library Journal, starred review
* Readers (of any age) will be giggling from start to finish. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
Advance Praise for Dog Man

* Pilkey... has again fired an arrow of joy straight at the fevered childhood psyche of millions of readers. An utter, unfettered delight. -- Booklist, starred review

* A riotously funny and original addition for all elementary school collections. -- School Library Journal, starred review

* Readers (of any age) will be giggling from start to finish. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author Bio

Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children, including the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series; Dog Breath, winner of the California Young Reader Medal; and The Paperboy, a Caldecott Honor Book. He lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest. Visit him online at www.pilkey.com.