Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers: Color Edition

Captain Underpants has a special place in my heart. When my son was younger he would NOT read. I bought him hundreds of books and nothing. I found a Captain Underpants book and decided to try it. It was the FIRST book he wanted to read. Because of this series sparking his interest in reading he is now in 6th grade and reading on a much higher level. Captain Underpants has inappropriate body humor (love it) and everything thing else that can capture a young boy's desire to read. I was sad that this book was supposed to be the last and heartened to find out there will be another book. The actual book is another great one in the series and my son loved it. He said there was enough action and bad humor to keep him happy and can not wait until the next book comes out. According to the eleven year old boy it was "AWESOME"!!!

Kids I babysit loved this book as well as the whole series. It is silly so they love it.

These are really nice books. I purchased these for my grandson for Christmas as he loves to read and is collecting the Captain Underpants and Dog Man books. He was so excited that I had purchased some of the books he did not have yet. He just loves these books. So glad I made the purchase and will be purchasing more.

The Captain Underpants books are full of bathroom humor, bad jokes/puns and everything just on the nice side of gross that so many kiddos (mine are boys) can love. The books are not exactly 'nice' for those of more tender sensibilities but there are two redeeming features that are huge. First, for that reluctant reader, the books are tremendously appealing in that the kids are quite (correctly) certain that this is just for them--as though they are getting away with reading something, well, too cool for the grownups. Plus the illustrations are funny, and there are the occasional directives to the reader to go do something silly that are strangely attractive. Second, the Lexile scores are surprisingly high. I would have not expected this, but the score for the Revolting Revenge is 890. The entire series ranges from 640-890 with all but two in the 700s and 800s. This makes ME feel like I'M getting away with something, it's like sneaking ground up cauliflower into the macaroni and cheese--it's a silly book but hey, it's good for him. Fair warning, though engrossing, the books are not good for quiet time! Things like 2 page 'flip stories' heralded by the loud flap-flap-flap coming from the direction of the offspring, or the sudden outburst of a dubious song are quite startling. Perhaps right in line with a grade schooler's sense of humor, but not with a parent's (or teacher's) sense of propriety in a situation that calls for peace and quiet. My son's reluctant days of reading are far behind now, he's more like an avid reader now. However, he still loves the Captain Underpants books and informed me that CUATRROFRR-B was a Must Buy, and after reading it declared it quite entertaining. He does note that the books do not need to be read in order, but it's better if you do. Highly Recommended (by my children...and me) JTG

My 8 year old son (2nd grade) loves this series of books. It only takes him a day or 2 to finish the book so while not challenging for him, they do encourage and foster a love of reading. I personally have not read the books, save for the 1st one so I can’t comment specifically on the content but they’re a hit in our house.

Pros: • Humor: The book is filled with silly jokes and potty humor that kids find irresistible Cons: • Mature Themes: Some parents might find the humor a bit too crude for younger children

My boys love this series, one of the only ways to get them to read!

Started buying this series for my husband to read to our toddler on his nights to read! My husband was griping that he only had a few books that he would read to our son because of his own preference so we got a captain underpants and haven't looked back! My husband enjoys reading these to our 3 year old son and our son loves daddy's enthusiasm, voices and excitement reading them! Wonderful buy for any dad's looking for books they enjoy reading as well!

Great price, my son loves the books and still reads them over and over. Great gift for any kid.

Great Book, my son loves these.

Amazing book

If you have a child who has never expressed an interest in reading for pure pleasure, Captain Underpants is the series you want to read with them. Get over your parental propriety and give into the most sophisticated potty vocabulary you will ever read. Your children won't be able to STOP reading. Dav Pilkey, sometimes I cannot wake my son up in the mornings because he's been sneaking a read of your books late into the night. I have never been happier, or prouder, to bring a series of books into my home.

We love Captain Underpants in this house. I laugh nearly as much as my 11 year old, and we have been enjoying all of Dav Pilkey's oeuvre for some years. It's hilarious (although perhaps not even the funniest of the CU books), entertaining, and physics-mangling in it's treatment of the space-time continuum. Fab. If you are new to these, start at the beginning in the series.