Created by the same author as the Captain Underpants series, this illustrated chapter book series follows a crime-fighting hero who is part police officer and part dog — the result of an emergency surgery that saved both their lives by combining them. The books are written and drawn in a comic-book style by a child character within the story, with silly humor, hand-drawn art, and warmhearted messages about friendship and doing good making the series widely popular with early and reluctant readers.
In this first installment of a wildly popular illustrated chapter book series, a policeman and his dog are in a terrible accident — and the only way to save them is to combine them into one remarkable crime-fighting creature: part dog, part man, all hero. The story is presented in a comic-book format with silly humor, hand-drawn art, and easy-to-follow action.
In this second installment of the Dog Man series, the part-dog, part-man hero faces new villains and new calamities in a continuation of the series' signature cartoon comic format — packed with silly gags, hand-drawn art, and enthusiastic chaos. The book follows the same accessible format as the first.
In this third installment of the Dog Man series, the series' recurring villain creates a tiny kitten clone of himself — and the unexpected complications that follow form the basis of this entry's signature chaotic and affectionate cartoon comedy. The story introduces characters who become central to the ongoing series.
In this fourth installment of the Dog Man series, the hero babysits the small kitten clone introduced in the previous book — with predictably chaotic and entertaining results — while a new villain scheme unfolds in the background. The series continues its comic-book chapter format with characteristic silliness.
In this fifth installment of the Dog Man series, a group of tiny superheroes joins forces with the main characters against a returning villain — expanding the series' cast of comic characters and delivering the signature mix of hand-drawn art, silly wordplay, and enthusiastic cartoon action that defines the series.
In this sixth installment of the Dog Man series, the hero is falsely accused of a crime and must be cleared — with friends, a tiny kitten clone, and a team of tiny superheroes all joining in to help prove his innocence. The story continues the series' comic-book format with characteristic warmth and silliness.
In this seventh installment of the Dog Man series, the hero grapples with a problem that is closer to home than usual — his own inner struggles — while a new villain plan unfolds around him. The story continues the series' blend of cartoon comedy and surprisingly warm emotional moments.
In this eighth installment of the Dog Man series, a new villain from the future arrives to cause trouble, and the hero must deal with a threat that is both strange and unexpectedly personal — all within the series' signature comic-book chapter format packed with hand-drawn art and silly humor.
In this ninth installment of the Dog Man series, a new villain with an obsessive focus on cleanliness causes chaos for the hero and his friends — providing plenty of material for the series' signature gross-out humor, cartoon action, and warm underlying messages about friendship and doing good.
In this tenth installment of the Dog Man series, the story explores the origins and emotional world of one of the series' recurring characters in a way that is warmer and slightly more emotionally engaged than earlier entries — while maintaining the signature cartoon comedy, hand-drawn art, and accessible chapter-book format of the full series.
In this eleventh installment of the Dog Man series, an underwater adventure provides the backdrop for the series' characteristic cartoon chaos — with new creatures, new dangers, and the same lovably goofy hero navigating it all with his trademark enthusiasm and limited intellectual capacity. The series continues its accessible comic-book chapter format.
In this twelfth installment of the Dog Man series, a new villain and a mystery involving an alarming amount of shed fur send the hero and his friends on another cartoon adventure — continuing the series' formula of hand-drawn comic art, silly wordplay, and warmhearted storytelling for early readers.
In this thirteenth installment of the Dog Man series, the origin story of a recurring character in the series is told for the first time — revealing how a familiar figure came to be who he is, in a story that mixes the series' signature cartoon humor with a warmer and more emotionally engaging backstory than most entries.
In this fourteenth installment of the Dog Man series, the story continues to explore the world of a character whose origins were revealed in the previous book — delivering more cartoon humor, hand-drawn art, and the series' signature blend of silliness and surprising warmth in an accessible comic chapter-book format for early readers.