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==Reception==
Censors in the United States have been targeting the ''Captain Underpants'' series after the first book was released in 1997.<ref name=Roake>Roake, Jessica. "[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/family/2012/09/dav_pilkey_s_captain_underpants_books_why_kids_love_them_and_parents_should_make_peace_with_them_.html One Nation, Underpants]." (also "Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants books: Why kids love them, and parents should make peace with them.") ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''. September 7, 2012. Retrieved on October 25, 2013.</ref> The Office of Intellectual Freedom of the [[American Library Association]] reported that ''Captain Underpants'' is the book series with the most complaints from libraries due to offensive content in the United States in 2012 and 2013.<ref>"[
Jessica Roake, in an article published in ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', argued that the books are well suited for young readers. She wrote that "They're drawn to them because for the first time in their reading lives they are understood, entertained, and catered to all at once. It is ''theirs'', not ''ours'', and that feeling of exclusive ownership forges the kind of connection everyone should have with at least one book in their life. For that, most every English teacher of my acquaintance will be more than happy to take the shot to the ego the Captain provides."<ref name=Roake/>
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