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DAV PILKEY • Seattle
When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he suffered from ADHD, dyslexia, and behavioral problems. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hall every day. Luck- ily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories, so he spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books. When he was in second grade, Dav Pilkey created a comic book about a superhero named Captain Underpants. His teacher ripped it up and told him he couldn’t spend the rest of his life making silly books. Fortunately, Dav was not a very good listener. His Captain Underpants series has more than 70 million copies in print worldwide
and has been translated into more than 25 languages. DreamWorks Animation will release the feature lm adaptation of Captain Underpants on June 2, 2017. Captain Underpants has previously topped the American Library Association’s “Most Banned Books” list for two consecutive years. In addition to Captain Underpants, Dav is also the creator of The Paperboy, which won a Caldecott Honor; the California Young Reader Med- al-winning Dog Breath; and the author of the best-selling Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series. Dav continues to create books in the Paci c Northwest where he lives with his wife. For more information about Dav Pilkey and his books, visit: planetpilkey.com.
ANNIE WARD • Seattle
Annie Ward has served as the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the Mamaroneck Public Schools in Westchester County in New York since 2004. Prior
to that, she was a local instructional superintendent for the New York City Department
of Education and the supervisor of curriculum and instruction for the New Jersey Public Schools in Ridgewood. Annie is the author of From Striving to Thriving: How to Grow Con dent, Capable Readers* (Scholastic, 2017) which demonstrates how to “table the labels” and use detailed formative assessments to craft targeted, personalized instruction
that enable striving readers to do what they need above all — to nd books they love and engage in voluminous reading.
A long-time middle school English teacher, Annie’s passion for children’s books was sparked early on by read-alouds (Mom: The Secret Garden; Dad: O Henry short stories; 5th grade teacher Miss Charney: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH) and her apprenticeship to Heddie Kent, the wildly charismatic librarian in the children’s room of the public library in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Annie collects non ction books about dogs and unusual animal friendships which captivate striving readers.
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