# Dav Pilkey — books assigned in US schools

**7** 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:** K–8
**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 (3)
- humor (3)
- good vs evil (2)
- bad breath
- dogs
- humorous stories
- identity
- imagination
- perros
- school

## Genres

- Graphic Novel
- Humor
- Middle Grade Fiction
- Middle Grade Graphic Novel
- Realistic Fiction

## Every Dav Pilkey title on file

- [Dogzilla](https://readinglist.school/book/dogzilla) _(Grades K–3 · 1993)_
- [Dog Breath](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-breath) _(Grades 2–8 · 1994)_
- [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)_
- [Dog Man Unleashed](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-man-unleashed) _(Grades 3–6 · 2019)_
- [Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-man-brawl-of-the-wild) _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Dog Man: Grime and Punishment](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-man-grime-and-punishment) _(Grades 4–7)_

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