Five Facts About Dav Pilkey

Dav was born with the name Dave. He used to be a waiter at a pizza restaurant. All the waiters had name tags. But the machine that made the name tags had a broken letter E on it. So his name tag just said “DAV.”

The spelling stuck. He just kept writing his name “D-A-V.” But you say “Dave.”

Dav was born with the name Dave. He used to be a waiter. At work, his name tag just said “DAV.”

He just kept writing his name this way. But you say “Dave.”

When Dav was a kid, he would sit on his floor and read the Peanuts comics over and over again. Those are the comics that star Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

Dav loved the way they were drawn and how funny they were. Peanuts still inspires him today.

When Dav was a kid, he read the Peanuts comics over and over again. Peanuts star Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

Dav loved the way they were drawn. He loved the way they were funny.

The Dog Man books are graphic novels. These kinds of books tell stories with panels. These are boxes that have the words and pictures inside. They have voice bubbles. That’s how the characters speak.

The Dog Man books are graphic novels. These kinds of books tell stories with boxes. The words and pictures are inside the boxes.

Dav has written more than just graphic novels. He has written and illustrated picture books too. One of his pictures books, The Paperboy, won a Caldecott Honor! That's a really big award for picture book art in the United States.

Dav hasn’t written only graphic novels. He has written and illustrated picture books. His book, The Paperboy, won a Caldecott Honor! That’s a really big award for picture book art.

Many of these were best-sellers. That means that many, many people bought them. In fact, more than 130 million copies of Dav’s books have been sold around the world.

Many people bought them. More than 130 million copies of Dav’s books have been sold.