More Captain Underpants

OK, maybe we don’t really need any more Captain Underpants, but this book was too funny to resist. Want a way to sneak in some extra reading for your kids without them realizing they are doing it? Try The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O’ Fun. This is actually an activity book of sorts that Dav Pilkey has created, but it is not your typical activity book of course. It begins with a comic strip that has George and Harold explaining to readers how to make your own comics.The comic ends with the warning that most adults don’t appreciate comics, “so be prepared to suffer for your art!” There are other comics interspersed throughout the book about “Hairy Potty” and of course the famous flip-o-ramas. There are also instructions for making your own flip-rama. In additin, there are word searches (“Professor Poopypants’s Preposterous Puzzles of Perplexing Peril”), mazes, crossword puzzles, jokes, how to draw characters from the books, and mad libs. This activity book would be great for a car trip or anywhere you have to wait such as a restaurant. Of course, the book is so funny that you might want to get Extra Crunchy  book number two to keep for yourself.

There’s no need to fear, underwear is here!

What is so fascinating about underwear? Whatever it is, kids and especially boys seem to find potty talk in general hilarious. I distinctly remember my first grade teacher pulling underwear out of her special “U” bag to teach us the letter sound for “U.” I guess it worked, especially since nearly 30 years later I still remember that reference. If you want to get your boys reading, you need to loosen up and allow some potty humor back in your life. For younger boys, a good choice is the hilarious Walter the Farting Dog picture book series by William Kotzwinkle. Poor Walter just cannot help his flatulence problem and this leaves him being shunned by almost everyone. For example, in Walter the Farting Dog Goes on a Cruise, Walter stinks up the whole ship and is soon banned to the room where the stinky cheeses are stored. Unfortunately, Walter decides to eat the stinky cheese. As the passengers are still able to smell Walter’s farts, he is soon placed on a lifeboat tied to the ship out in the water. Then, the engines on the ship die and the ship becomes stranded. Walter, who has an extreme amount of gas build-up from the stinky cheese, finally lets loose and propels the ship back into port with his fart power. Walter becomes a hero. If your kids like this series a lot, you can even purchase a stuffed animal Walter.

 

 

 

 

If your kids are ready for more “advanced” potty humor, try out the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. If you are having trouble getting your son to read at all, give him one of these books. The books are filled with humor every boy will appreciate, replete with underwear, fake dog poo, attacking toilets, gross cafeteria food, and more. George and Harold are two fourth graders who are constantly getting into trouble. Their arch nemesis is their principal, Mr. Krupp. One day they accidentally hypnotize Mr. Krupp and turn him into Captain Underpants, one of their superhero comic book characters that they created. Together, George, Harold, and Captain Underpants save the world from destruction. To top it off, who can resist Pilkey’s hilarious flip-o-ramas, “the world-famous cheesy animation technique that lets you animate the action!” Although your kids will enjoy reading Captain Underpants themselves, why let them? Read them to your kids so you won’t miss out on all the fun. (And make sure you get a turn with the flip-o-rama, too!)