Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect..

Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!.

Try to remember that being unsuccessful in school doesn't automatically mean you'll be unsuccessful in life. Lots of people who didn't excel in schoo….

A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is….

My reading preferences are kind of all over the board - I read nonfiction, I read graphic novels..

Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools an….

I think if you can show a kid that reading can actually be fun, it can make you laugh, inspire imagination - that can make a huge difference, that ca….

It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong ….

Having a sense of fun in books is a huge, huge deal, because a lot of times kids - even me when I got to third or fourth grade - don't associate read….

My freshman English professor at Kent State University in 1984 told me I was a good writer, and she loved all the silly pictures I drew in my noteboo….

I had a lot of reading problems growing up..

My goal with The Adventures of Captain Underpants was to invent a style which was almost identical to that of a picture book - in a novel format. So ….

I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much..

Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last..

My books are just pure escapism for kids..

Nothing prevents boredom like a good book..