On Friday 22nd May a group of children went and saw Dav Pilkey, the author of the Captain Underpants series.
We were all very excited! Dav Pilkey had a rough time at school. He learnt in a different way and back then his teacher wasn't very supportive. Dav used to make his classmates laugh and he was always drawing. He loved drawing and making comic books. His teacher would shout at him for making comic books, she thought this was a waste of time. She'd make him leave the classroom.
Dav said his teacher said something about not talking about underpants in class and the children thought this was funny. This lead to him creating the character of Captain Underpants.
Dav Pilkey lives in Japan. Guess what? He writes in a cave. Imagine having your own cave to write in. I actually think there's no other writer who has to kayak to their cave and then write.
Dave gave each school a large picture he drew of Captain Underpants.
Some of Dav's slides as he told what his life was like when he was at school....
This is the cave Dav writes in....
Can you see Dav's pet beetle?
Dav Pilkey drawing some of the characters from the Captain Underpants series...
