Dog Man #12: Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12) Award-winning author by Dav Pilkey (author)

Our canine superhero returns in DOG MAN: THE SCARLET SHEDDER, the suspenseful and hilarious twelfth graphic novel in the #1 worldwide bestselling series by award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey! P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red colour remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who’s reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog Man? And who will step forward when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots? The fun and creativity continue with Dog Man with Love: The Official Colouring Book. And for more heartfelt graphic novel adventures, join Flippy and Li’l Petey in the Cat Kid Comic Club series. And don’t forget the series that started it all: Captain Underpants! Dav Pilkey’s wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including:

empathy
kindness
persistence
and the importance of doing good.

Full colour pages throughout.

Our March 2024 Ages 7-8 Book of the Month

Our Book of the Month for age 7+ is Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder, the twelfth in the bestselling full-color Dog Man series from Dav Pilkey! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice the stink is gone by the scarlet red colour remains. Now exiled, this spunky canine superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey who’s pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog Man? And who will step forward when an all-new villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots?

This suspenseful and hilarious latest installment in the #1 graphic novel series by award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey will have you howling with laughter! This wildly popular series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of doing good. This book is perfect for any reluctant reader as well as for fans of Captain Underpants or Cat Kid Comic Club.

Emma – Book Club Editor, Ages 7-11+

Product Details

Catalogue number

354 in SCB Offer May 2025

Series

Dog Man (book 12)

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9781338896435

Publisher

Scholastic US

Date published

March 19th, 2024

Lexile measure

GN320L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 2.8; Lower years; 0.5 points

Other details

224 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Dog Man

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.