Parents' Guide to

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby

By Barbara Schultz, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

Superhero comic novel full of slapstick and bathroom humor.

Book Dav Pilkey Humor 2002
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age 7+

Based on 3 parent reviews

age 7+

Dav Pilkey is my favorite author but this...

So, this nothing. No funny jokes, and the sequel is even worse! I have to agree with Mr. Krupp about this one. I will never read Super Diaper Baby again! Go with Captain Underpants or Dog Man, this is terrible! The first book (this book), is too much about poop. Someone turns into poop, and his dog replies "It could have gotten worse." The man then replies "I got turned into poop! How could something be worse?!" The dog replies "You could have got turned into diarrhea." The man then says "Shut up!" The second book is all about pee, and it is worse! Never read this series! Dav Pilkey is my favorite author, but this series is garbage and disgusting. I would flush this down the toilet!
age 7+

I love Dav Pilkey, but this...

Don't buy this. I love Dav but this series is garbage.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (3 ):
Kids say (4 ):

Read once or twice, Super Diaper Baby is really pretty hilarious. Pilkey seems to have a direct line to the kid sense of humor, and his drawings are adorable and entertaining. The only problem is the humor is almost all of the bathroom variety, and it is soooo funny to kids that they will read it, and talk about it, many more times than adults might want. Parents also must grin and bear the many deliberate misspellings by George and Harold, the same way many of us accept the intentional grammar mistakes in the Junie B. Jones books.

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