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Mission Statement: Believing that the Library Media Center is a fundamental part of the educational program of all Indian Prairie District Schools, the mission of the LMC is to encourage, promote, and assist students and teachers so they can be effective and discriminating users of ideas and information, and to foster the reading habit and use of a library for lifelong learning.
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Get to Know a Popular Author
It’s fantastic when you find a book you love. But what happens next? Sometimes you can read other books by the same author and sometimes you need to stretch a little and find a new author. You'll find some awesome facts about our author and if you like what you see, you can check out some of his/her books! This month's author is... Dav Pilkey
Author of: Captain Underpants, Dog Man, Cat Kid Comic Club ,The Adventures of Ook & Gluk, Dog Breath: the horrible trouble with Hally Tosis, The Paperboy, and the Hallo-wiener
Fascinating Facts:
Dav Pilkey worked at Pizza Hut for a time, where they left the "e" in Dave off his nametag, thereby becoming Dav Pilkey
He writes under the names George Beard or Harold Hutchins, these are called “pen” names
Dav liked to draw as a child and started creating Captain Underpants in second grade
The Dog Man series has over 60 million copies in print
His childhood dog was the inspiration for Dog Man
Dav Pilkey has dyslexia and ADHD
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