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A review by wordyanchorite
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey
3.0
I'm obviously not the target audience for this series, so it seems a little silly for me to rate it at all. But these are books my most underground readers fight over, so I figured I should see why.
The hybrid illustrated format is probably most of the appeal, and I can get behind that; my students are ESL and often need the support of illustrations. I noticed, though, that the Captain Underpants series lost some of its power when my high schoolers discovered Diary of a Wimpy Kid (themes more interesting to older students) and Frank Einstein (1000% wittier). Now that I'm strengthening my selection of YA graphic novels, I may sneak this series down to a lower age group in the future.
The hybrid illustrated format is probably most of the appeal, and I can get behind that; my students are ESL and often need the support of illustrations. I noticed, though, that the Captain Underpants series lost some of its power when my high schoolers discovered Diary of a Wimpy Kid (themes more interesting to older students) and Frank Einstein (1000% wittier). Now that I'm strengthening my selection of YA graphic novels, I may sneak this series down to a lower age group in the future.