Cat Kid Comic Club #3: On Purpose: A Graphic Novel #3 Award-winning author by Dav Pilkey (author and illustrator)

The perfect present for Dog Man fans – starring some of your favourite characters from the series!The Cat Kid Comic Club is deep in discovery in the newest graphic novel in the hilarious and heartwarming worldwide bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man. The comic club is going in all different directions! Naomi, Melvin, and siblings are each trying to find their purpose. Naomi has an idea to get rich quick that causes a lot of commotion and emotion. And when faced with rejections, the friends try and try again to stay true to their vision. To top it off, a surprise visitor comes to class to stir things up. Will a desire for money and power cloud Naomi’s purpose? Is it quitting time? Will the club ever be the same? Award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey uses a variety of techniques - including acrylic paints, coloured pencils, photography, collage, gouache, watercolours, and much more – to illustrate each frog’s creative purpose and encourage teamwork. The kaleidoscope of art styles, paired with Pilkey’s trademark storytelling and humour, fosters creativity, collaboration, independence, and empathy.

Readers of all ages will be inspired to dream up their own stories and unleash their own creativity as they dive into this pioneering graphic novel adventure from Dav Pilkey
Heartfelt and humorous with an amazing cast of characters, this is the perfect present for Dog Man fans
Full colour pages throughout make it a fun and bright read!

Our February 2023 Ages 7-8 Book of the Month

Our February Book of the Month pick for 7-8-year-olds is Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose, now available in paperback. This is the third in the Cat Kid series, and it’s the third week at his Comic Club. Naomi, Melvin and their siblings are each trying to find their purpose. Naomi’s idea of a get-rich-quick scheme causes a lot of commotion and emotion in the club. Will a desire for money and power cloud Naomi’s purpose? Is it quitting time? Will the club ever be the same?

This is the tie-in to the Dog Man series, from children’s firm favourite Dav Pilkey, who is also the award-winning author and illustrator of the worldwide bestselling Captain Underpants series which kids will also recognise from film and TV. This means there are loads more for them to get reading if they love this book. Pilkey’s illustration style and humour is the same as a 7–9-year-olds which is why his books are such a big hit with kids. The full colour, comic book-style pages make it easily accessible to readers of all ages, and its genuine child appeal encourages a love of reading in children.

Su – Book Club Editor, Ages 7–11+

Product Details

Catalogue number

343 in SCB Offer May 2025

Series

Cat Kid Comic Club (book 3)

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780702325403

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

February 2nd, 2023

Other details

224 pages

Condition

New

Available in these packs

4books
Cat Kid Comic Club Books 1-4 Graphic Novel Pack

gbp prices

Offer price: £19.99

Rewards/RRP: £35.96
5books
Cat Kid Pack x5 (PB)

gbp prices

Offer price: £24.99

Rewards/RRP: £49.95

Part of this Series

Cat Kid Comic Club

Author/Illustrator

Dav Pilkey

When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books – the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.

In college, Dav met a teacher who encouraged him to illustrate and write. He won a national competition in 1986 and the prize was the publication of his first book, World War Won. He made many other books before being awarded the 1998 California Young Reader Medal for Dog Breath, which was published in 1994, and in 1997 he won the Caldecott Honor for The Paperboy.

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, published in 2002, was the first complete graphic novel spin-off from the Captain Underpants series and appeared at #6 on the USA Today bestseller list for all books, both adult and children’s, and was also a New York Times bestseller. It was followed by Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, also a USA Today bestseller. The unconventional style of these graphic novels is intended to encourage uninhibited creativity in kids.

His stories are semi-autobiographical and explore universal themes that celebrate friendship, tolerance, and the triumph of the good-hearted.

Dav loves to kayak in the Pacific Northwest with his wife.