Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants : the fourth epic novel

Format:

Book (regular print)

Title:

Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants : the fourth epic novel

Author:

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

ISBN:

9780439049986

9781435278325

9780613212892

9781424254095

9780439049979

9780439998192

9780758704948

9780545022873

9780439227001

9780439698627

9780545871877

9781484494691

9780780798274

Publication:

New York : Scholastic Inc., 2000.

Physical Description:

151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Series title(s):

Captain Underpants ;

Number in series:

Contents:

George and Harold -- All Hail New Swissland -- The Field Trip -- Left Behind -- The Fun Begins -- Bye Bye, Mr. Fyde -- Here, Oh Here -- The Sweetness and Innocence of Children -- The Gerbil Jogger 2000 -- Just One More Thing -- Captain Underpants and the Pied Pooper of Piqua -- Professor P. Goes Cra-Z -- Honey, I Shrunk the School -- The Perilous Plot -- The Name Change-O-Chart 2000 -- Fluffy and Cheeseball -- Captain Underpants to the Rescue -- Are You There, God? It's Us, Fluffy and Cheeseball -- The Flight of the Goofy Glider -- X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra Large Underpants -- The Incredibly Graphic Violence Chapter (in Flip-O-Rama) -- The Twenty-Second Chapter -- To Make a Long Story Short -- The Chapter Before the Last Chapter -- The Chapter After the Chapter Before the Last Chapter.

Summary:

When Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to teach science, and he goes off the deep end because students make fun of his name, only Captain Underpants can save the school from the professor's perilous plot.

Reading Level:

640 Lexile.

RL 3.

Ages 007-010.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 1.0 35816.

Subject(s):

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Heroes -- Juvenile fiction.

School principals -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

School principals -- Fiction.

Heroes -- Fiction.

Cartoons and comics -- Fiction.

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Laugh out loud with Captain Underpants, the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Dog Man!George and Harold are fourth-grade buddies with a penchant for practical jokes. When the boys' latest prank drives their science teacher over the edge, their clueless principal, Mr. Krupp, quickly hires a replacement: Professor Pippy P. Poopypants. Of course, George and Harold can't resist making fun of the Professor's silly name. But then the Professor retaliates by forcing everyone in town to change their own names to be equally silly, with colossal consequences!

Author Notes

Dav Pilkey was born on March 4th, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was a steel salesman, and his mother was the organist at a local church.

In 1984, Pilkey attended Kent State University as an art major. One of Pilkey's freshman English professors complimented him on his creative writing skills, and encouraged him to write books, which launched him into his career. He found out about a contest for students who write and illustrate their own books, with the winners earning the prize of publication. Pilkey began creating his first book, "World War Won," and entered it in The National Written and Illustrated By...Awards Contest for Students. Pilkey won the contest and flew to Kansas City, Missouri to meet the editors and publishers at Landmark Editions, Inc.

Soon after the publication of World War Won, Dav moved back to Kent, Ohio where he had gone to college. In 1997, Pilkey won the Caldecott Honor for his book "The Paperboy" but is perhaps better known for his "Captain Underpants" series, which he had created while still in elementary school. His title Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers made Publisher's Weekly best seller list for 2011. His title's, The Adventures of Captain Underpants and Dog Man Unleashed, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (4)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-4-Pilkey again features the absurd faculty members of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and introduces a new science teacher when troublemakers George and Harold drive Mr. Fyde into retirement. Professor Pippy P. Poopypants is a great, but frustrated scientist whom no one takes seriously because of his name. He is certain that the "sweet, innocent" children won't laugh at his unusual appellation. Needless to say, they do, and in so doing, incur a wrath that only Captain Underpants can tame. With its bathroom humor, madcap pranks, gross adventures, mini-comic strips, and flip-book pages, this rollicking laugh-out-loud cartoon story is certain to be a hit, especially with reluctant readers.-Sharon McNeil, Los Angeles County Office of Education (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Because of his funny name, Professor Poopypants doesn't get much respect when he begins teaching at Jerome Horwitz Elementary. Provoked by class cut-ups George and Harold, the professor goes mad, inhabits the shell of a giant robot, and shrinks down the school. The plot is more diffuse than in earlier volumes of the series, and the humor sometimes seems a little desperate. From HORN BOOK Fall 2000, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

Once again Captain Underpants, 'faster than a speeding waistband . . . more powerful than boxer shorts,' plunges to the rescue, saving the tushies of everyone in Jerome Horwitz Elementary and the Ohio town beyond from the heinous demands of a deranged science teacher. Unable to get his shrinking and growing machines'or himself'taken seriously because of his name (go figure), inventor Pippy P. Poopypants finally cracks after reading a comic book featuring The Pied Pooper created by school ne'er-do-wells George and Harold. In no time, the Poop's at the helm of a ten-story robot, shrinking the school to coffin size and forcing all to take names like Loopy Pizzapants or Snotty Gorillabreath from a (given in full) set of lists. He's no match, of course, for Captain Underpants, and after a brief (so to speak) tussle animated by the now-familiar flip-o-rama, everyone is restored to original size as the prof is carted off to the pen. Pilkey's (Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot, 1999, etc.) cartoon illustrations add their usual amount of gravitas (i.e., none), and heaps of clever puns and repartee leaven the potty humor. Another wiener'er, winner. (Fiction. 9-11)

Booklist Review

Gr. 3^-5. You knew he'd be back. Yes, Captain Underpants, aka Mr. Krupp, principal of the Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, has returned, as have his enablers, students George and Harold. The plot? Suffice it to say Underpants must combat a scientific genius named Professor Pippy P. Poopypants. Poopypants goes mad when the students at Horwitz laugh at his name. (When they find out his middle name is Pee-pee, they get downright hysterical, as will readers, no doubt.) Mixed in with the minimal story is Pilkey's comic book^-style artwork; some of the pages even make a "cheesy" flip book to animate the action. Silly, gross-out fun for Captain's legion of fans. --Ilene Cooper

Foreword: The Top-Secret Truth About Captain Underpants	p. 9
1. George and Harold	p. 13
2. All Hail New Swissland	p. 17
3. The Field Trip	p. 25
4. Left Behind	p. 31
5. The Fun Begins	p. 37
6. Bye Bye, Mr. Fyde	p. 45
7. Here, Oh Here	p. 49
8. The Sweetness and Innocence of Children	p. 53
9. The Gerbil Jogger 2000	p. 59
10. Just One More Thing	p. 63
11. Captain Underpants and the Pied Pooper of Piqua	p. 65
12. Professor P. Goes Cra-Z	p. 73
13. Honey, I Shrunk the School	p. 75
14. The Perilous Plot	p. 81
15. The Name Change-O-Chart 2000	p. 85
16. Fluffy and Cheeseball	p. 93
17. Captain Underpants to the Rescue	p. 97
18. Are You There, God? It's Us, Fluffy and Cheeseball	p. 101
19. The Flight of the Goofy Glider	p. 105
20. X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra, X-tra Large Underpants	p. 113
21. The Incredibly Graphic Violence Chapter (in Flip-O-Rama)	p. 119
22. The Twenty-Second Chapter	p. 139
23. To Make a Long Story Short	p. 143
24. The Chapter Before the Last Chapter	p. 144
25. The Chapter After the Chapter Before the Last Chapter	p. 149

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Reviews (4)

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