If You Liked Captain Underpants…

                                                                        … try these on!

Further reading for Captain Underpants fans:

My Teacher Is an Alien    by Bruce Coville
When Susan catches her substitute teacher Mr. Smith peeling off his face, she discovers that he is actually an alien. Can she foil his plot to take over the school?  123 pages.

Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader; Book One   by Lawrence David
After eating an experimental cupcake, Horace turns into a superhero and goes after a giant man-eating guinea pig that has bee hanging around the school playground.   137 pages.

The Dumb Bunnies   by Sue Denim
Follow the adventures of the Dumb Bunny family in this story that is rated “Too dumb to win an award.”  30 pages.

The Giggler Treatment   by Roddy Doyle
Who gets the Giggler Treatment? Adults who are mean to children! Mr. Mack is on his way to his job as a cookie taster and about to put his foot right into a smelly surprise left by the Gigglers.  112 pages.

Aliens for Breakfast   by Jonathan Etra
When an alien climbs out of Richard’s cereal box, Richard agrees to help it save the world from an evil alien attack.  62 pages.

My Weird School series   by Dan Gutman
In Miss Daisy is Driving Me Crazy, the first book in this series, Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J. For grades 2 – 5.

Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road?   by Gordon Korman
Justin, Margaret and Jessica are sick of having to work together on class projects, just because their last names all start with Z. So, when their 4th grade class starts a Good Deed Contest, the Z-Team gets off to a very rocky start!  110 pages.

The Killer Underpants: A Jiggy McCue Story   by Michael Lawrence
After Jiggy’s mother buys him a pair of underwear at a flea market, Jiggy discovers that when he has the underwear on, anyone within earshot must obey his commands.  132 pages.

The Cut-Ups   by James Marshall
Spud and Joe are quite a pair of cut-ups, but find themselves outwitted by the new girl on the block.  32 pages.

Velcome   by Kevin O’Malley
The book’s unusual host warns the reader not to read this collection of his favorite (somewhat) scary stories including the Rapping and The Viper.  Not paged.

Dog Breath!: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis   by Dav Pilkey
The Tosis family dog, Hally, has a big problem – the most horrible dog breath ever!  Luckily, Hally’s problem helps prevent a burglary.  30 pages.

Ned Feldman, Space Pirate   by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
While investigating a noise under his sink, Ned discovers Captain Bugbeard – a space pirate.  Ned decides to join him on an action-packed adventure into outer space where they encounter dangerous space chickens and a combative yeti.  47 pages.

The Magic Pretzel   by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Normal Gnormal, who behaves a lot like a dog, finds his first real friends at Watson School when his principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club. 78 pages. (Be sure to try other titles in the Werewolf Club series!)

Sideways Stories from Wayside School   by Louis Sachar
Weird and hilarious things happen daily at this infamous school that is one classroom wide and thirty classrooms high.  141 pages.

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales   by Jon Scieszka
This collection of outlandish fractured fairy tales includes such stories as Little Red Running Shorts and The Really Ugly Duckling.  52 pages.

Geronimo Stilton series   by Geronimo Stilton
In the first book, Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye, Geronimo's sister, Thea, discovers an old, mysterious map showing a secret treasure hidden on a faraway island, so the gang of the "Rodent's gazette" is dragged into a treasure hunt.

Captain Pajamas Bruce Whatley
When Brian is awoken in the middle of the night by attacking aliens, he transforms himself into Captain Pajamas, Defender of the Universe, to save his sister from the invasion.  32 pages.

Little Wolf’s Book of Badness   by Ian Whybrow
Dismayed by his good behavior, Little Wolf’s parents send him off to Cunning College where they hope he will earn his “Bad Badge” under the direction of his famous uncle, B. (Big) B. (Bad) Wolf.  130 pages.

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