Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey | Banned Book Project
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Synopsis:
When the principal discovers incorrigible fourth graders George and Harold in the gym, running over ketchup packets with their skateboards, he punishes them with the assignment of writing a 100-page essay on good citizenship and cautions them against turning in another comic book about Captain Underpants. No problemo for this creative duo, who instead invent another—slightly younger—”superhero.” The madcap misadventures of this diapered daredevil possess all the kid-tickling silliness that fans of his underwear-clad predecessor apparently can’t get enough of—plus ample doses of bathroom humor. — From Publishers Weekly
Locations Challenged:
2004: Challenged in the Riverside, CA Unified School District for complaints of the book’s “inappropriate” fondness of poop. The book was kept in both classrooms and school libraries.
Locations Banned:
2012: Banned from the Channelview, TX Independent School District for containing the phrase “poo poo head.”
Sources:
Marshall University Libraries. Banned Books. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
Sauerwein, Kristina. “Panel Torn Over the Fare of Super Diaper Baby.” Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2003. Date retrieved, March 6, 2020, from https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-05-me-diaper5-story.html.
“The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: The First Graphic Novel,” Banned & Challenged Books, accessed March 6, 2020, https://bannedbooks.omeka.net/items/show/320.
