(CNN) -- Here's what you need to know about Captain Underpants ... whose son Ian reads the books out loud to her. "I say any book that encourages my son to read is worth its weight in gold." ...

The children's series "Captain Underpants" has surprisingly topped the list of the most banned books in America in 2012, beating out the much ... boys excited about reading. Read next ...

There may be no single author who has done more to boost reading for fun in the early grades than Dav (pronounced Dave) Pilkey, whose Captain Underpants books have provided hours of fun and laughs ...

And we all burst out laughing ... of their comic books with titles like "Captain Underpants And The Pied Pooper Of Piqua." One of their pranks - changing a school sign to read ...

The Scholastic Book ... Captain Underpants," and "The Magic School Bus," the book fair was a glorious time to get excited about books and reading, and for some students, an excuse to get out ...