I have to say that the series is quite irreverant. If you want classic literature, you are in the wrong place!
This book is partly written in comic book form and partly in chapter book form. My son started his own comic book after seeing this book. So it does encourage creativity!
The first in a series of epic novels for tykes. Readers may identify with the characters in this novel. As with the concepts in Mad Magazine, there are some diversions to add interest, such as "FLIP-O-RAMA." The book even contains a warning from the "Sturgeon General." Stephen King started out writing a comic book at school. Evidently a similar action lead to the origins of the great red caped slightly clad hero. This book reveals the origins of "Captain Underpants" whose true identity is so secret "that even HE does not know who he is." TRA-LA-LAAAAAAAAAAA!