Sunday, 23 September 2012

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey



The Adventures of Captain Underpants is a chapter book with a twist. The chapters are very small, with some chapters being comic strips and others being a flip book called Flip-O-Rama (a chapter entirely of pictures which can be ‘animated’ by flicking the pages really fast).
The book is aimed at students from year 2 to 7 (depending on reading ability). The small chapters are a great way of introducing students to independently reading chapter books. Also the story line is a very fun and intriguing one. Suitable for students who like to read adventure books. The Adventures of Captain Underpants is about two boys George and Harold, who love to create comic books about the hero Captain Underpants (a creation of their imagination). One day they hypnotise their principal Mr. Krupp (using their hypnotic ring) to become Captain Underpants and the adventures begin!
The story is really interesting to read due to the small chapters and the comic strips, animated pictures and cartoon illustrations. The story is told from a third person perspective which allows the reader to see everything that is happening in the story and allows the narrator to swap between past and present very easily when describing flashbacks.
Captain Underpants is actually a series of small chapter books, which is great as it gives students who love to read humourous, adventure books a character in which to love and create imaginative stories about.
I loved reading The Adventures of Captain Underpants, and Pilkey’s imagination is sure to captivate any reader, no matter how old they are.



By Emma Windebank

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