This book was recognised by the Red Clover Award. It was recognised by the Caldecott Award. The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

This book was published 1996 by Scholastic .

Dav Pilkey is the talented author of this hugely popular series. He created the first Captain Underpants stories as comic books when he was still at elementary school!