For 20 years, Dav Pilkey has been writing his “Captain Underpants” books — 12 in total — delighting kids and, sometimes, dismaying their parents. His hugely popular series is about two clever boys, ...

Dav Pilkey got the idea of a lifetime in second grade, when he was sent to sit in the hallway. "I was having a lot of trouble in school," he told TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager. "I had just been diagnosed ...

Why is David "Dav" Pilkey posing in a pair of giant tighty whities at a book appearance? Because he's the author and illustrator of the hugely popular "Captain Underpants" series -- also a big movie ...

Kids and families are invited to celebrate the release of Dav Pilkey’s new “Dog Man” series book, “Big Jim Begins,” on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 3:30–4:30 p.m., ...

"Part man. Part dog. All hero." — and all anybody was talking about Monday at the Royal Oak Music Theatre as families gathered to meet Dav Pilkey, the bestselling author and illustrator behind the ...

Even for an artist of prolific energy, the past year has been an unusually fast-paced creative whirlwind for Dav Pilkey, and the remaining months of 2020 augur more of the same. Here’s a recap of some ...

The children’s author created his characters Captain Underpants (a superhero for grade-schoolers) and Dog Man (a hound-supercop) while an Ohio second-grader, sitting alone in the hall during class as ...

Young fans of Dav (it’s pronounced “Dave” despite its missing silent “e”) Pilkey arrived at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books clutching copies of the author and illustrator’s books -- “Captain ...

Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series, intends to donate proceeds earned through one book's sales to various organizations dedicated to promoting diversity in children's literature and ...

In honor of Read Across America Day, author Dav Pilkey, known for creating the “Captain Underpants” series for children, reads a chapter of his new book, “Dog Man: Mothering Heights,” to Jenna Bush ...

National Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Rita Braver is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning," where she reports on everything from arts and culture to politics and foreign ...

The latest installment of Captain Underpants, Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot, hits shelves on August 25, and to support it, Scholastic is kicking off a “heroic” ...