Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Jurassic Jack Rabbits from Jupiter Dav Pilkey. Blue Sky Press, $16.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-439-37642-6 ...

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha-Monkeys from Mars Dav Pilkey. Blue Sky Press, $16.95 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-439-25295-9 ...

Dav Pilkey is the author and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of The Paperboy. He is also the creator of over 60 books for children including Dragon, Dumb Bunnies, and Ricky Ricotta series, and ...

Young fans of Dav (it’s pronounced “Dave” despite its missing silent “e”) Pilkey arrived at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books clutching copies of the author and illustrator’s ...

Ricky Ricotta is an entertaining read that will appeal to young readers ready to tackle a first chapter book. Illustrations by newcomer Martin Ontiveros neatly complement Pilkey’s accessible text.

Ricky Ricotta’s Giant Robot. by Dav Pilkey, Martin Ontiveros, illus. Captain Underpants is back in award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey’s completely hilarious fourth book in the series.

The creator of Captain Underpants, Pilkey’s penned other major youth-skewing books that have garnered prominent fan bases, such as the Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series.

But it took longer than expected for Pilkey, who also is the author and illustrator of the “Captain Underpants” and “Ricky Ricotta” series, to create the second book. “Super Diaper Baby ...