# Dav Pilkey — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Dav Pilkey appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 390L–720L
**Grade span:** 2–5
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/dav-pilkey
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship (2)
- humor (2)
- good vs evil
- identity
- imagination
- school

## Genres

- Middle Grade Fiction
- Middle Grade Graphic Novel

## Every Dav Pilkey title on file

- [The Adventures of Captain Underpants](https://readinglist.school/book/the-adventures-of-captain-underpants) _(720L · Grades 2–5 · 1997)_
- [Dog Man](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-man) _(390L · Grades 2–5 · 2016)_

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