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The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. ISBN: 0439376068
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What It's About

George and Harold have created an all-new graphic novel about the most powerful peewee to ever pack a punch!!!

Billy Hoskins was just an ordinary baby boy... until he accidentally fell into a tub of Super Power Juice. Now he's the world's only hope against a horrifying villain named Deputy Doo-Doo. Will Super Diaper Baby survive against his stinky arch-enemy? Read "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" to get the inside poop!

Special Notes

As everybody already knows, this book was really written by George and Harold's alter ego, Dav Pilkey.

"I know this is going to sound like I'm totally insane, but George and Harold are very real characters to me. I guess it's because I based both of them on myself when I was a kid. So when I started working on this book, I needed to "become" George and Harold. In my imagination, I stopped being me, and sort of let George and Harold take over. I let them create the story they wanted, without worrying about spelling, or grammar, or moralistic plots which would please adults." — Dav Pilkey

Dav was also inspired by the home-made comic books he receives from kids every day.

"The comics that kids send me are sometimes sloppy, often have poor grammar and misspelled words, and usually have bad guys who are disgusting in one way or another. But the amazing thing is that these comics are all made voluntarily. Nobody forces those kids to make comic books. They just do it for fun. And there's always something wonderful about that kind of unprompted creativity.

I really tried to capture some of that energy in this book" — Dav Pilkey


For more details on this book, check out the Behind the Pages section.

George and Harold interviewed with Channel 4 Eyewitness News in Piqua, Ohio about Super Diaper Baby! Read the interview here!

Fun Facts

1. The lines that Billy's parents shout on page 66 ("Billy, don't be a hero!" "Don't be a fool with your life!") is the chorus to a song that was popular when Dav Pilkey was a kid. The song is called "Billy, Don't be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods.

2. George and Harold were interviewed by "Disney Adventures" Magazine right after "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" was published. Click here to read their interview.

3. It took about five months to write and illustrate this book.

4. One morning when Dav was painting the illustrations in this book, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest. His whole house rocked back and forth for almost 30 seconds. Lots of stuff got broken, but remarkably, his paint didn't spill.

5. "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" was challenged (and almost banned) from a school library in the spring of 2003. If you would like to read Dav's comments on the controversy, please click here.

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Super Diaper Baby
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