Dav Pilkey

1966 -

Background Info

⊳ Born March 4, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio.

⊳ Father was a steel salesman and his mother was the organist at church.

⊳ Has an older sister, Cindy.

⊳ Married Sayuri in 2005.

Influences⊳ Favorite artists:

⊳ Vincent Van Gogh⊳ Henri Rousseau⊳ Marc Chagall

⊳ Favorite authors⊳ James Marshall

⊳ Arnold Lobel⊳ Dr. Seuss

BooksWhen Cats Dream

Moonglow Roll-O-Rama

The Silly Gooses

The Paperboy

Kat Kong

Awards

The Paperboy

Caldecott Honor – 1977

www.pilkey.com

ALSC Notable Web Sites for Children - 1998

Quotes“I don’t remember much about my early childhood, except that I was almost always happy. My parents tell me that I used to laugh in my sleep all the time, even as an infant. When I wasn’t laughing, I kept myself busy by drawing.”

“When I was a kid making silly books out in the hall, I never dreamed that one day I’d be making silly books for a living. The coolest thing is that I used to get in trouble for being the class clown … and now it’s my job!”

Critical Response“Say what you like about Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants series – it’s silly, it’s over the top, it’s filled with bathroom humor – but you must admit that Pilkey knows what makes kids laugh.

Horn Book March/April 2002

“With humor tailored expertly for primary-aged children, these silly gooses will be welcomed by listeners and newly independent readers alike.

Carolyn Noah, School Library Journal/February 1998

Bibliographywww.kidsreads.com/authors/au-pilkey-dv.asp

www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=6146

www.pilkey.com

www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/pilkey.html

Lodge, Sally (1999). Dave Pilkey’s Captain Underpants Wins a Starring Role. Publishers Weekly; 02/22/1999, p. 32. Partch, Jackie (2005). Keep Them Laughing. School Library Journal, June 2005, p.67. Censorship Watch. American Libraries, April 2002 p. 23. Sieruta, Peter D (2002). The Other Stuff. Horn Book; Mar/Apr 2002, Vol. 78 Issue 2,

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