Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot: Captain Underpants, Book 12

Obviously, any Captain Underpants book has little educational value beyond getting the reluctant reader to start reading. A parent must first be able to look beyond the constant toilet-humor, but if you live with boys, this is not unheard of. However, this book took a new turn. In Chapter 22, the boys meet their adult-selves. "Old George, his wife, and their kids, Meena and Nik, sat on the couch, while Old Harold, his husband, and their twins, Owen and Kei, plopped down in the giant beanbag chair."

I thought this was a wonderful, silly book. Kids love it and I hardly ever get to shelve it in our library. They don't even notice that Harold has a husband in the "future" scenes of the book. Their world has always existed with a different kinds of people in it and it's not that big of a deal. (Dav handles this with care, and it's only a few pages.) I do think some parents will not want their kids to read it because of that. I understand that. But what a shame.