BookPage readers love Captain Underpants. Know how I know this? My post last year about Dav Pilkey’s book deal was one of our most-viewed posts of 2010.
Now, you should be thrilled to learn that I have some major follow-up news nearly a year after that post. Tracy van Straaten, Scholastic publicity director, reports:
Super Diaper Baby 2: Invasion of the Potty Snatchers by George Beard and Harold Hutchins (the fourth grade creators of Captain Underpants) will be published on June 28, 2011—just in time for summer reading!
The first Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, a spinoff from the wildly popular Captain Underpants series, was published in 2002 (there are now 3 million copies in print). Nine years is a long time to wait for the return of a teeny superhero. Luckily Pilkey has created a teaser video on how he made the cool cover art:
Stay tuned for BookPage’s Q&A with Dav Pilkey this summer.
Are you (or some kids you know) going to check out Super Diaper Baby 2: Invasion of the Potty Snatchers?
