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What to Read After... David Walliams 17/02/25
Dog Man
Publisher: Scholastic
Dog Man is the combination of Officer Knight (a top policeman), and Greg the Dog (a quick-witted dog). When arch-villain Petey the Cat tries to blow them both up, the only way they can both be saved is if Greg’s dog head is sewn onto Officer Knight’s body – inadvertently creating a super cop and Petey the Cat’s lawful nemesis.
Despite his doggy ways, Dog Man is actually terrific at catching the terrible criminals that plague his town, so when Petey tries to engineer a coup to replace the Chief of Police, Dog Man saves the day.
Dog Man, created by Captain Underpants’ Dav Pilkey, is a comic masterclass, perfect for the surreal sense of humour of the average six- to nine-year-old. It’s a full-colour comic throughout with five to six simple panels per page and split into eight chapters, so kids can feel like they’re reading a lot quickly.
Genuinely laugh out loud, it’s exactly the kind of silly humour kids love and are familiar with, while being clever, compassionate, succinct and highly original. The fact that Pilkey himself had ADHD as a child and was often sent out of the class for being disruptive (in fact, sitting outside the class was where he started drawing Captain Underpants) means he particularly gets what kids with short attention spans relate to and therefore includes less traditionally bookish kids in his wild and wacky fictional world.
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Peter, 05 January 2025
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great
Ryan, 23 July 2023
This series and it's spin off, Cat Kid, are fabulous. They're basically graphic novels targeted at young children. They're funny and the text and drawing style look a lot like what a 9 year old might draw. Excellent for kids that are on the verge of reading or just started reading, and still readable through maybe mid 2nd grade. Some of the best books ever written for kids to read and develop reading skills