Books on Film: Dav Pilkey on TODAY
I gotta be honest: I did NOT have the above image on my children’s literature bingo board. Why are comedian Pete Davidson and Dav Pilkey appearing together on a recent episode of the Today show? Davidson is the voice of Petey in Pilkey’s Dog Man animated film.
In this clip, Davidson talks about his love of the Captain Underpants books, Pilkey shares the story of the unexpected place where he got his start in comics, and more.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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