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Here's a collection all about your favorite animals! Below you'll find a variety of books about some of the fastest animals in the jungle, including books with facts you might have not heard yet.

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Do You Really Want to Meet A Cheetah Written By Cari Meister Illustrated by Daniele Fabbri 

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Do You Really Want to Meet A Cheetah Written By Cari Meister Illustrated by Daniele Fabbri 

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Your mom tells me you say you're just as fast as a cheetah.  This book talks about all the things that makes cheetahs great. As you read this book you will learn how cheetah catch their pray and observe how fast they run.

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You told me you were a big gamer and it's one of your favorite things you do with your mom. But have you ever thought about being inside a video game or even making one??  in this column, you'll find great books all about exploring the inside and outs of video gaming. I hope these books will bring you just as much joy.

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This section is all about the earth and the complexity it holds. Explore all the things you know and love about the earth and much more.

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Who doesn't love a good superhero? This collection talks about superhero's and what makes them so super. We all have a lot to work through each day even superheroes, but we all have something about us that makes us super and special just like you.

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There are so many books about Influential leaders. this section highlights some leaders you may connect with and those who have inspired us all.

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National Geographic Kids Everything Big Cats by Elizabeth Carney 

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National Geographic Kids Everything Big Cats by Elizabeth Carney 

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In this book you will find all things big cats! National geographic not only gives valuable facts regarding different types of big cats, but these facts are also accompanied with great visuals.

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national geographic kids everything big cats: pictures to purr about and info to make you roar!

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National Geographic Kids Everything Big Cats: Pictures to Purr About and Info to Make You Roar!

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Bring on the Big Cats! No tame tabbies, these four big predators, the lion, leopard, jaguar, and tiger, are known for their powerful roars. Kids can prowl through the lion's to-do list and the tiger's steak dinner to learn all about the big 4, then move beyond the big cats to see how they stock u...

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This book is unique in so many ways! A great folklore tale about a tigress (female tiger) who loses her baby as a result of hunters. This book teaches forgiveness, trust, and building friendships.

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A beautiful blend of art and story about a price raised by a tiger. The reasons for this are straight from fairy tales (anger/pride require a reckoning), but the ending-no spoilers here-was surprising (good), sweet, and frightening. Translated from the *French,* BTW (thank you, Alyson Waters).

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A beautiful blend of art and story about a price raised by a tiger. The reasons for this are straight from fairy tales (anger/pride require a reckoning), but the ending-no spoilers here-was surprising (good), sweet, and frightening. Translated from the *French,* BTW (thank you, Alyson Waters).

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This animal atlas has great pictures and many facts on each page. Rather you choose to take a deep dive into all the facts or just skim through for the pictures. I think you'll enjoy this book.

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Animal Atlas (Where on Earth?) [DK] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Animal Atlas (Where on Earth?)

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Trapped in a Video Game by Dustin Brady Illustrated by Jesse Brady 

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Trapped in a Video Game by Dustin Brady Illustrated by Jesse Brady 

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Sometimes the video games we play are so fun we never want to stop playing. This book takes you on an exciting journey of what it may be like being trapped inside a video game. Could you imagine being stuck in your favorite video game? There are many other " Trapped in A Video Game Books" and this book is the first of the series.

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Amazon.com: Trapped in a Video Game (Volume 1): 9781449494865: Brady, Dustin, Brady, Jesse: Books

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Chavo the Invisible by Lee Nordling Illustrated by Flavio Silva 

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Chavo the Invisible by Lee Nordling Illustrated by Flavio Silva 

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Although, I know the video games you play are fun. There are many great games happening outside all around us. This book follows a fun game of capture the flag.

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Lee Nordling (Author), Flávio B. Silva (Illustrator)

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Chavo the Invisible (Game for Adventure)

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Chavo the Invisible (Game for Adventure) [Nordling, Lee, Silva, Flávio B.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Chavo the Invisible (Game for Adventure)

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Level Up by Gwendolyn Zepeda Illustrated by Pablo Torrecilla 

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Level Up by Gwendolyn Zepeda Illustrated by Pablo Torrecilla 

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Who doesn't like leveling up in their favorite game? This book talks about many ways you can level up in some of your favorite extracurricular activities like karate or basketball.

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David is obsessed with reaching the next level in his favorite video game. Whether he's playing BunnyBot Fighters or Ultimate Rhino Races, he's so single minded in his pursuit of reaching the next level that he turns down invitations from friends to play outside. But one day, his game quits working, and he's on "Level Sad." So, with nothing else to do, he reluctantly goes outside to play.

"Today I'm trying to skateboard. I have to learn to stand on the skateboard while it rolls, without falling off. It feels like I'm on Level One of a really hard game." But if he can master staying on the board, his friend Michael will show him how to do turns, and "that'll be like Level Two." Soon, David is doing turns and is ready to learn how to do jumps!

Still unable to play video games, David lets his friend Bianca convince him to try playing basketball. Dribbling is hard, but David wants to level up so he'll get a new red jersey. Pretty soon, he's on Level 12 of skateboarding and Level 8 of basketball, and he's ready to try diving and dirt biking. Eventually his video game is fixed, but by then he has discovered that leveling up in real life is more exciting than leveling up on the screen.

Popular kids' book author Gwendolyn Zepeda teams up again with artist and illustrator Pablo Torrecilla to create a lively story that will have young readers laughing in commiseration with a kid consumed by imaginary goals. Following up on their acclaimed I Kick the Ball / Pateo el balon , this talented pair has once again crafted an appealing bilingual picture book that will encourage kids ages 5 to 9 to get off the couch and get moving.

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Level Up / Paso de nivel (English and Spanish Edition)

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Amazon.com: Level Up / Paso de nivel (English and Spanish Edition): 9781558857476: Gwendolyn Zepeda, Pablo Torrecilla: Books

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I'm a JavaScript Games Maker by Max Wainewright 

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I'm a JavaScript Games Maker by Max Wainewright 

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Video games are so cool. Filled with multiple paths, characters, settings, and more. Have you ever wondered how all those things come together? This book give you an inside look into making video games. Maybe one day you'll design your own super cool game!

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Read I'm a JavaScript Games Maker: The Basics on Epic

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Instantly access I’m a JavaScript Games Maker: The Basics plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids.

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The Coolest Stuff on Earth: A Closer Look at the Weird, Wild, and Wonderful by National Geographic

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The Coolest Stuff on Earth: A Closer Look at the Weird, Wild, and Wonderful by National Geographic

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I think you will enjoy all the creepy and crawly things this book has to offer. You'll find great new things about the earth to explore and maybe notice some things you may have seen before.

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Did you know that dogs can shake off a pound of water in less than a second? That some sand dunes whistle and sing? That the U.S. dollar bill is full of hidden symbols related to the number 13? Our world is filled with strange, bizarre, and weird happenings. But what do they mean? WHY are they important? And what secrets are behind them?
These secrets and MORE are revealed through cool stories, action-packed photos, fantastic infographics, and exciting Q&As with in-the-field experts. Discover the secrets of sharkskin, the mysteries behind incredible island animals, the power behind lightning, how a rare gemstone changes color, and more. Kids will be captivated by this fresh way of looking at our amazing planet.

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The Coolest Stuff on Earth: A Closer Look at the Weird, Wild, and Wonderful (National Geographic Kids)

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Did you know that dogs can shake off a pound of water in less than a second? That some sand dunes whistle and sing? That the U.S. dollar bill is full of hidden symbols related to the number 13? Our world is filled with strange, bizarre, and weird happenings.

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My Friend Earth by Patricia Maclachlan Illustrated by Francesca Sanna 

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My Friend Earth by Patricia Maclachlan Illustrated by Francesca Sanna 

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We all should love the earth just as much as you do! This book talks about all the great things the earth provides for humanity. A great way to explore and learn about our environment.

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My Friend Earth: (Earth Day Books with Environmentalism Message for Kids, Saving Planet Earth, Our Planet Book)

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Amazon.com: My Friend Earth: (Earth Day Books with Environmentalism Message for Kids, Saving Planet Earth, Our Planet Book): 9780811879101: MacLachlan, Patricia, Diaz, David, Sanna, Francesca: Books

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When Planet Earth Was New by James Gladstone Illustrated by Katherine Diemert 

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When Planet Earth Was New by James Gladstone Illustrated by Katherine Diemert 

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This book talks about planet earth from the beginning of time. Using a poetic approach this book willed with facts helps you find out how it all started.

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Producervan in Mesa, AZ from New Orleans & L.A.

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When Planet Earth Was New book. Read 53 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. It has taken billions of years for Earth to become the pl...

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Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet by April Pulley Sayre

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Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet by April Pulley Sayre

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As a scientist you will spend a lot of time exploring new ideas. This book explores the complex and beautiful world that surrounds us. I think you'll especially appreciate the photography.

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"[A] splendid marriage of poetry and photography." -School Library Journal (starred review) Acclaimed children's book author and photographer April Pulley Sayre's love letter to Earth is a stunning exploration of the beauty and complexity of the world around us. Remarkable photographs and a rich, layered text introduce concepts of science, nature, geography, biology, poetry, and community, perfect for classrooms and homeschooling. This nonfiction picture book is ideal for Earth Day and for celebrating the planet all year long.
April Pulley Sayre, award-winning photographer and acclaimed author of more than sixty-five books, introduces concepts of science, nature, and language arts through stunning photographs and a poetic text structured as a simple thank-you note.

Touching on subjects from life cycles to weather, colors, shapes, and patterns, this is an ideal resource for science and language art curriculums and a terrific book for bedtime sharing. Thank You, Earth is a great choice for Earth Day celebrations, as well as family and group read-alouds.
Includes backmatter with kid-friendly ideas for conservation projects information about the photographs, and additional resources.
Winner of the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature and a Green Earth Book Award Long List title!

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Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet

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Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet [Sayre, April Pulley, Sayre, April Pulley] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet

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It Started with a Big Bang: The Origin of Earth, You and Everything Else by Floor Bal Illustrated by Sebastiaan Van Doninck 

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It Started with a Big Bang: The Origin of Earth, You and Everything Else by Floor Bal Illustrated by Sebastiaan Van Doninck 

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The author wrote this book about the beginning of time and how the earth has changed over many years. This text allows you to see different characteristics that may have changed not only for our planet but how humans have adapted also.

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In this accessible informational picture book, young readers can follow the fascinating story of how we got from the very beginning of the universe to life today on the "bright blue ball floating in space" called Earth. They'll learn about the big bang theory, how our solar system was formed, how life on Earth began in the oceans and moved to land, what happened to the dinosaurs and how humans evolved from apes to explore and build communities all over the planet ... and even travel to space. It's an out-of-this-world look at the beginning of everything!

Science journalist Floor Bal and award-winning illustrator Sebastiaan Van Doninck have combined their talents to create a captivating, kid-friendly introduction to the history of the universe and life on Earth. The spirited narrative and vibrant illustrations make millions of years of history entertaining, and give this book read-aloud appeal. It has direct STEAM curriculum applications for grades one to three in life science, particularly for topics such as the characteristics of living things, how living things adapt to their environments and extinction, as well as earth science and space science. It also could spark deeper conversations with children as it answers some of the biggest questions humans have ever asked --- such as how the universe began and where we all came from.

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Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker Illustrated by Eda Kaban 

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Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker Illustrated by Eda Kaban 

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We all have bad days, even superheroes! This book shows ways you and superheroes can work through your emotions when having a tough day.

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Amazon.com: Even Superheroes Have Bad Days (9781454913948): Becker, Shelly, Kaban, Eda: Books

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The Adventure of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

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The Adventure of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

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He's not your average superhero! This book is the first of others that are action packed and full of humor. This also one of my childhood favorites that I think you will enjoy.

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Original

Collectors Edition

Full Color

Release date

September 1, 1997 (original)
September 1, 2005 (collectors edition)
August 27, 2013 (full color)

The Adventures of Captain Underpants is a children's book by Dav Pilkey. It is the first novel in the Captain Underpants series.

The story begins with the school troublemakers, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, two boys who are known by almost every one of their teachers as disruptive and rude. George and Harold love to play pranks on the helpless kids and teachers at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. They are also known schoolwide for the comic book series that they create and sell on the playground, known as "The Adventures of Captain Underpants", their favorite super hero. They have many enemies (all of them being the faculty teachers). But the one who despises them most is the school principal, Benjamin Krupp. Mr. Krupp hates them, their pranks, and especially the Captain Underpants comics. He vows to get them one day ("one day very very soon" he claims).

One day, the school's football team, the Jerome Horwitz Knuckleheads, is having their biggest game of the year against the Stubinville Stinkbugs. Before the game even starts, the football players, cheerleaders, and band players already experience countless problems with their equipment. Apparently, someone sabotaged the whole game. After many more pranks, the game had to be called off. As the players walk away, we see George and Harold crouching beneath the bleachers, laughing. Of course, they were the ones who did it all. They believe they won't get in trouble for it since they assume there is no proof the teachers can claim to prove they did it.

The next day, George and Harold hear an announcement over the school's intercom. They are wanted in Mr. Krupp's office. Once inside, He shows the two boys that he set up video cameras all over the school, and had caught every single one of George and Harold's pranks on tape. After the tape is over, everyone is silent for a while. Then, George gets the courage to speak up and asks what Mr. Krupp is going to do with the video. Mr. Krupp thinks about it, and decides that he should show it to the school board or George and Harold's parents, but he ultimately decides to show it to the football team so they can see who ruined their big game. George and Harold beg and plead Mr. Krupp to spare them as the football team will kill them for the rest of their lives if they do find out the truth. Mr. Krupp decides not to show the video, as long as George and Harold promise to follow his conditions. Mr. Krupp takes out a stack of paper with countless chores and behavior rules for George and Harold to follow. He also mentions they MUST follow the list exactly; otherwise he will show the video to the football team. The next day, George and Harold spend their entire day doing chores for Mr. Krupp, behaving nicely, and completing stacks of extra homework.

After taking in the homework, George states he has an idea that can could get them out of this situation. George reveals that he had bought a 3-D Hypno-Ring which they could use to make Mr. Krupp hand them the video and forget that this whole mess ever happened. After 4-6 weeks of back-breaking labor, George and Harold finally get the ring via the mail. After purposely making themselves late for chores and school, Mr. Krupp gets them into his office and demands where were they this morning. George and Harold state they were going to show the new ring they got. George then uses the 3-D Hypno Ring to hypnotize Mr. Krupp into handing over the incriminating video. Harold replaces it with one of his little sister Heidi's Boomer the Purple Dragon sing along videos. As they look in the cabinet on what Mr. Krupp had confiscated from the boys and other people over the yrs, they discover some good stuff including the Captain Underpants comics they wrote from the previous yrs. They began to reminisce the comic books by reading. Hours later, they realized it was getting close to lunch time as they were preparing to leave that noticed Mr Krupp still in a trance, so they decided to wait and play around. They then begin fooling around with the ring hypnotizing Mr Krupp thinking he is a chicken then later a monkey. And then lastly, they get an idea after looking at the comic and George hypnotizes Mr. Krupp to act as if he were the Amazing Captain Underpants. Mr Krupp began removing his toupee and clothing and takes of the curtain tying it to his neck and he is seen dressed like Captain Underpants yelling the battle cry "Tra La Laaa!". George and Harold look at him and began laughing hard to their distress. As they stopped laughing to take one more look at him, they saw he was gone. They then heard him outside doing the battle cry again and as they look out the window they saw Mr Krupp dressed as Captain Underpants running outside into the city of Piqua. Mr. Krupp, as Captain Underpants, takes the role seriously and departs to fight crime. George and Harold were shocked knowing that they didn't give a command to Mr. Krupp to fight crime. So they took their skateboards and a few items out the cabinet to help save the principal.

George and Harold flee the school searching all over the city to where Captain Underpants might have gone off too. They later find him at a bank. Captain Underpants confronts two bank robbers, and orders them to "Surrender! Or I will have to resort to Wedgie Power!" The bank robbers fall down in hysterics and are apprehended by the police. The sheriff isn't amused by Captain Underpants acting heroically so he gave a command and the police officers begin to arrest Captain Underpants too, but George and Harold whisk him to safety on their skateboards.

Suddenly, the crystal shop next door explodes, as two robots walk out of it, carrying a very large crystal. Captain Underpants tries to stop them, but his cape gets caught on their van. George and Harold grab onto Captain Underpants's feet, as he is dragged to an old, abandoned warehouse. Little Boy and his Mom are at the bench waiting for the bus as the boy sees them passing by but the boy's mother didn't believe him.

Captain Underpants then crashes through the door of the warehouse while George and Harold slam into the back of the van. There they discover the evil Doctor Diaper, a mad scientist resembling a baby. As Captain Underpants was in plain view to Dr. Diaper, the robots capture and tie him up. When the coast became clear, George and Harold peak into the hole in the door (Captain Underpants created this when he crashed into it) to see what is going on. The witness Captain Underpants tied up in a chair with the robots beside him. The villain explains that he plans to use the crystal as part of his Lasermatic 2000]]to blow up the Moon, destroying every major city on earth, so that he can take over the planet.

George uses a slingshot to toss fake doggy doo-doo between Dr. Diaper's feet. Dr. Diaper is terribly embarrassed, thinking that he has had an "accident". When he departs to change his diaper, George and Harold incapacitate the robots and untie Captain Underpants. They pull the self-destruct lever on the Laser-Matic 2000 thinking that will turn it off.

Dr. Diaper, enraged at the destruction of the Laser-Matic 2000, his robots, and the foiling of his plan to take over the world, aims his Diaper-Matic 2000 ray gun at George, Harold, and Captain Underpants.

Captain Underpants shoots a pair of underwear at Dr. Diaper. The underwear covers Dr. Diaper's face, which renders him incapable of defending himself. Before the building exploded, the boys ask the Captain, "Where did you get that extra pair of underwear?" and the reply was, "What extra pair?" while Captain Underpants wore a barrel over himself (stating that Captain Underpants used the underwear he wore against Dr. Diaper, thus completely naked at that time). After the warehouse explodes and George, Harold, and Captain Underpants escape, they send Dr. Diaper to the police station and tie him to a nearby pole, so that he can't escape and the police can arrest him..

George, Harold, and Captain Underpants return to Mr. Krupp's office. They give Captain Underpants Mr. Krupp's clothes along with an extra pair of underpants to dress up like Mr. Krupp, so that nobody in the school would recognize him. Captain Underpants them gives them the meanest look to them like the boys asked him to do to look like Mr. Krupp. The boys try to figure out how to return Mr. Krupp to his normal self, but they've lost the instruction manual for the 3-D Hypno-Ring. They try several times to hypnotize Captain Underpants back into Mr. Krupp, but the methods do not work. As a last resort, George tries dumping water on Mr. Krupp's head. It works, and Mr. Krupp returns to his angry self, resolving to give the video to the football team after all though George and Harold are surprisingly very happy to see Mr. Krupp again. George finds the instruction manual to the 3-D Hypno-Ring in his shirt pocket, but he and Harold throw it away as they believe they do not need it anymore. As it turns out, the team enjoyed the Sing-A-Long video so much that they change their name from the Knuckleheads to the Purple Dragon Sing-A-Long Friends.

George and Harold go back to their goofy ways with nothing that is threatening to their lives. Unfortunately from this point on, whenever anyone snaps their fingers, Mr. Krupp transforms into Captain Underpants. Ms. Ribble is then shown snapping her fingers after George and Harold disrupt the class with their jokes, Mr. Krupp who was passing by with a cup of coffee unfortunately hears the sound of fingers snapping and drops his cup of coffee being in a trance, becomes Captain Underpants again and runs out of the school to fight crime. Harold and George hear his battle cry and both look outside to see that Captain Underpants has return once again. Much to their surprise, both respond to this with "Oh No!" and "Here we go again!" respectively as they thought it was over with Captain Underpants, it wasn't. The adventure was only just beginning.

After Mr. Krupp is "watered", the ring instructions are found in George's shirt pocket. After being thrown away, you can read on the back of the instruction manual, "WARNING!" "Whatever you do, don't pour water on anybody's head when they are in a trance! This will cause the hypnotized person to slip back and forth from trance to reality whenever they hear they hear the sound of fingers snapping." Despite this, the boys were able to de-hypnotize their teacher "Ms Ribble" through the ring with no problems although considering how they were panicking they may not have thought of trying to use the method used in the fifth book.

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Trivia/Goofs

Early printings of the book have " An Epic Novel by Dav Pilkey" instead of The First Epic Novel by Dav Pilkey" and the "Little Apple" logo on the cover.

Ms. Ribble and Mr. Meaner aren't referred to by their names in this book. They received their names in Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets.

The comic in the book has the same name as this book's title, but Dr. Diaper and his robots weren't seen.

"The Inedible Hunk" is a parody of The Incredible Hulk.

"Dr. Diaper" is a parody of Doctor Doom.

"Weird Al" Yankovic is mentioned in this book when Mr. Krupp says the kids played "Weird Al" songs full blast for six entire hours on the intercom. Funnily enough, "Weird Al" performs the theme song for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.

"Boomer The Purple Dragon" is a parody of Barney the Purple Dinosaur.

In the North American version, the villian is called Dr. Diaper, but in the European English version, he is called "Dr. Nappy" ("Nappy" is the European term for Diaper).

The 1991 sci-fi novel Fallen Angels is referenced surrounding the 3D hypno-ring advertisement.

This is the only book where there is no recap comic at the beginning of the book before the first chapter begins. This is because this is the first book of the series.

On the comic book, Captain Underpants didn't have his cape on, while he was throwing underpants at the Inedible Hunk.

Another version of this book, the Full Color version, was released on August 2013. As the title states, the illustrations within the book are printed in full color, instead of being black and white.

On the about the author page, It said "When Dav Pilkey was in school, he always getting into 'touble' for pulling pranks, cracking jokes, and making silly comic books." The "r" was missing on "trouble".

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