Article: POOPYPANTS ON PARADE; St. Paul's Red Balloon Bookshop celebrates author Dav Pilkey's booger-brimming world of toilet humor with a Captain Underpants fashion show.(FREETIME)

By Fluffy Barf Nose#

Star Tribune Staff Writer

Dav (formerly "Dave") Pilkey doesn't do interviews. He prefers to stick crayons up his nose and make fart noises. And pour his heart into literature, most famously his four-volume series: "The Adventures of Captain Underpants," "Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets," "Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space," and "Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants."

"I saw Pilkey one time on the `Today Show,' " said Amy Baum, a bookseller at Red Balloon Bookshop - where a "Captain Underpants" Fashion Show may ...

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