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How I became a reading superhero Dav pilkey

Hi, I am

and I love reading books because it gives me

super powers. My journey to becoming a reading superhero started when I was

5

. I remember one of my favorite books of all time was a book

Wild things

I read about

. I think I got it from

I must have read it

BIO DAV PILKEY has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children, including the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series; Dog Breath, winner of the California Young Reader Medal; and The Paperboy, a Caldecott Honor Book. He lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest.

BOOK LIST Dog Man [Coming August 30, 2016!] The Adventures of Captain Underpants The Paperboy Kat Kong The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future

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my church library

and

times. I realized then that reading gave me

super powers to do and go anywhere. Today, I have the superpower to choose ANY book I want. Sometimes I pick up a book that takes me back in time

the days of dinosaurs , or travel to places I have never been Beekle’s Island of Imaginary Friends before such as . to

But nothing is better than reading during the summer when I can grab my favorite

cape

, put on my favorite

underpants

and escape to

my special reading nook. I don’t know about you, but this summer I can’t wait to read me want to

autobiographical graphic novels as they make WRITE AND DRAW AND THINK . That’s my story on

how I became a reading superhero.

What’s YOUR story? Tell it here! scholastic.com/summer

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS art ©2000-2016 Dav Pilkey. Princess and Pony art © 2015 by Kate Beaton, from The Princess and the Pony. Owl Diaries art copyright © 2015 Rebecca Elliot. ™& © Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, FLY GUY and associated logos are trademarks of Scholastic Inc. Wings of Fire © 2011 Joy Ang.

Photo cred: Kai Suzuki

naughty

and reading it made me feel