The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby

Why reinforce bad spelling?
Bad enough that children today are presented with so many spelling challenges in mass marketing (krispy kreme, donut, quik trip, etc. As a K-8 educator AND parent, their reading material is where I have to draw the line. Has this author no editors? Even if you can see past the disturbing subject matter (a book all about poop), why would you want your student studying a text with blatant spelling errors? From the front cover ("laffs") to the last page ("hapily") and everywhere in between, if your student already struggles AT ALL with spelling, this is definitely NOT the book you'll want them reading!

For the same money, you could purchase two different books of Geronimo Stilton or Ready Freddy, or even R.L. Stine's Goosebumps, any of which would be a much better 2nd-4th grade student literature investment in this educator's opinion.

awsome book
Super Diaper Baby is one of my all time favorite books. This is my favorite because it has two main characters, a talking dog, and a super baby that can fly. One awesome thing about the book is that they battle a super evil piece of poop. I recomend this book for kids. Truly this is a good book to read.

My son loves it!
I ordered this book for my 8 year old son to complete his Pilkey collection. They are a little below his reading level, but he thoroughly enjoyed reading it. He has read it several times now and keeps it in a safe place, which means he really, really likes it.

Kids love Dav Pilkey's Books...
Personally I did not care much about Dav Pilkey's books, but my 7 year old son just can't get enough and that is all it matters. He had some reading problems and he just was not motivated until he was introduced these books and now he can't stop reading... he thinks they are so funny!
Thank you!

potty humor for the bathroom...not the school library, please
Well, my review title for this book says it all: "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" belongs in the book rack in your family bathroom instead of an elementary school library. Even so, I wouldn't welcome it into our home! My first-grade son brought this book home from his public school library this week and I could not believe my eyes as I flipped through the pages of cartoon drawings depicting a giant, talking piece of poop. Granted, potty talk is humorous to young boys (and some girls) and what a thrill it must be for these kids to find a book in the school library that appears to validate such talk. HOWEVER, what message are we conveying to these kids when the book is found in the school library? Potty talk is not allowed in the classrooms at my son's schools and I doubt it's tolerated in most schools in the country. In my opinion, this book undermines the efforts of teachers and para-educators to curb such talk in school.

I have to agree with the elementary school teacher's earlier review here on amazon when he states that he struggled with the desire to not censor the book and his desire to uphold his school's basic core values and policies of decent, respectful, acceptable behavior. In the end, this teacher could not and would not allow "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" to enter his third grade classroom. I applaud him for that decision. I hope more educators weigh the pros and cons of this book and choose to take a strong stand to replace 'Super Diaper Baby' with something that won't fly in the face of what we are trying to teach our children at school.

By the way, I'm pleased to report that our school principal and librarian just pulled the book from our public elementary school library shelf today. If the students want the book, I'm sure it's readily available at bookstores and certainly here at amazon!