Banned Books Week 2019: Captain Underpants
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Dav Pilkey’s series of twelve “epic novels” about Captain Underpants topped the 2012 and 2013 lists of banned books in America. Since 1997 this nefarious brand issued by Scholast…
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Banned Books: Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Ook and Gluk, a Post
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Dav Pilkey Autograph Book
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Banned Books: Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Ook and Gluk, a Post
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Captain Underpants Page: Teacher Wigs Out!, In Joel Children's
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Banned Books: Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Ook and Gluk, a Post
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Banned Books: Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Ook and Gluk, a Post
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065. An ode to Captain Underpants - by Kevin Zhai - k.zine
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Captain Underpants Page: Teacher Wigs Out!, In Joel Children's
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Banned Books: Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Ook and Gluk, a Post
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Banned Books: Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Ook and Gluk, a Post
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Captain Underpants Page: Teacher Wigs Out!, In Joel Children's
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Banned Books: Dav Pilkey's Adventures of Ook and Gluk, a Post