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Article: 'Captain Underpants' Is a Triumph of Irreverence.(CHILDREN'S BOOKS)(Arts and Entertainment)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- February 28, 2000
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To understand the huge success of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants books for kids (3 million copies in print), go directly to page 28 of the fourth and most recent installment, "Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants" (Blue Sky/Scholastic). Our heroes, elementary-school students Harold and George, are in trouble when the principal catches them rearranging letters on the school sign. "Do you boys ...
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... ... t think the Captain Underpants series should ... barfbabies, Professor Poopypants and Tippy Tinkletrousers ... be relevant. Captain Underpants, I grant, is ... may well have Captain Underpants on their shelves ...
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