Fantasy Books

Picture Books

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (Fantasy) 

Summary: A mother and father mouse name their new daughter Chrysanthemum because she is the perfect baby with the perfect name.  She grows up to love how her name is said and drawn, until she goes to school.  Everyone makes fun of her name for being too long or sounding like a flower. Her parents try to calm her down after school and that night she has a wonderful dream that her name was Jane.  The next day at school, the girl mouse Victoria made fun of her for looking like a flower and wouldn’t let it go. After school she said to her parents that school wasn’t for her, but they think they are just all jealous of her perfect name.  They comforted her with more of her favorite foods, hugs, kisses and Parcheesi. That night she had a bad dream that she was a flower and Victoria was picking her petals. Even carrying all of her good-luck charms, Chrysanthemum was put as a daisy in the school play and made fun of again. Mrs. Twinkle then told the class that her first name was also long and a flower’s name, Delphinium.  Chrysanthemum then blushed, beamed and bloomed. Then all the girls that made fun of her name changed theirs to a flower and Chrysanthemum knew her name was perfect. The play went well from her but not Victoria who forgot her lines, and Mrs. Twinkle named her new baby Chrysanthemum. Theme is to expect other’s differences. I liked this book because it had a point that bullying is wrong and there is always karma.

The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper (Fantasy)

Summary: The little train was happy while running over the tracks because she had a lot of things to carry for boys and girls. This included; toy animals, giraffes, teddy bears, and even a baby elephant. Then there were dolls with blue eyes and yellow curls, brown eyes and hair, toy clown, cars, airplanes, tops, jack-knives, books, and puzzles. But that was not all, there was also food for the boys and girls to eat and drink. This included; oranges, apples, milk, spinach, peppermint drops, and lollipops. The train was carrying all of the wonderful things to the boys and girls on the other side of the mountain. All of the sudden the train stopped and she tried, but she couldn’t go another inch. The clown then saw a nice new engine and cried out for help, but the shiny new engine was not as nice and was not going to help. Next, a big strong engine came towards the little one and they asked him for help, but he was a Fright engine who pulls heavy trains, not little ones. The next train was old and rusty and he didn’t want to help because he was too tired and needed to rest. Everyone was ready to cry, but the clown found another train. A little engine showed up and they asked for help but she was not really big and has never been over the mountain before. Then the little blue engine said ‘ i think i can i think i can’ and tried her best to go over the mountain. They were up  up up and faster and faster until they reached the top. They all cheered as the little blue engine went down the mountain repeating “i thought i could’. Theme is to always keep trying. I loved this book because it was simple and teaches a good kindness lesson. 

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (Fantasy) 

Summary: It was bed time for the chicken, but he wanted a bed time story. Papa was going to read Hansel and Gretel but didn’t want the chicken to interrupt. Hansel and Gretel were going to go into the house, but the chicken interrupted and told them that she was a witch and they didn’t go in, so that was the end. Papa told the chicken to stop and he said he will for the next story. The next story was Little Red Riding Hood and he interrupted by telling Little Red to not talk to strangers, so she didn’t talk to the wolf and the story was over. Papa was mad that the chicken interrupted another story and wasn’t getting tired, so he made him go back to bed and try one more story. The next story was Chicken Little but the little red chicken told chicken little that the sky wasn’t falling; it was only an acorn, and the story was over. He said he was going to be good and fall asleep for the next story but they didn’t have anymore. Papa had the idea for the chicken to tell him a story. The chicken’s story was about trying to put Papa to bed, but nothing was working. During the chicken’s story, there was snoring and it was Papa interrupting this time. The chicken said goodnight and they last ‘the end’ picture was the two of the asleep. Theme is to not interrupt stories if you want to have them read to you. This story was really cute and funny, plus the pictures were well done; I liked it. 

The Magic Hat by Mem Fox (Fantasy)

Summary: Appeared a magic hat from out of town. The magic hat spun through the air and sat on the head of a toad, baboon, bear, kangaroo, and a giraffe. Then a wizard appeared with a sign that said STOP. He took a wand from his beard and turned all the animals back into people who were dazed and confused. Then when no one was looking, he walked out of town wearing the magic hat that made all the magic where ever it went. Theme is to believe in magic. This book was short and a little strange but funny, with good pictures. 

Swimmy by Leo Lionni (Fantasy)

Summary: In the corner of the sea all of the school of little fish were red expect one black one who swam faster was named Swimmy. One day a tuna fish swam through the school and ate all the red fish but Swimmy was fast enough to escape. He swam by myself, scared and lonely, until he found a rainbow jellyfish, a lobster, some strange fish, seaweed, an eel, and some sea anemones. Then he found a school of fish just like his old one, but they were too scared to move. Swimmy then came with the idea to all swim together like the biggest fish in the sea to scare the big ones away. They all swam close together and Swimmy was the eye of the fish. They swam in the cool morning water and the midday sun and chased all the bigger fish away.  Theme is to accept how you are, no matter what color. I liked this book because the pictures are amazing and the story is really cute. 

Chapter Books

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (Fantasy) 

Summary: Fern Arable woke up in the middle of the night from a thunderstorm to walk outside to the barn to see her dad with 11 new baby pigs.  The one was a runt and wasn’t strong enough to feed so her dad was going to kill it, but Fern rescued it.  The two of them were inseparable. Fern named him Wilbur, feed him through a bottle and sang to him. The pig was getting too big to be a house pet, so they sent him to the Zuckerman’s farm. Wilbur didn’t want to be there because the other animals made him feel invisible. On the farm there was a horse named Ike, two cows named Bitsy and Betsy, leader of the flock of sheep named Samuel, and two geese Golly and Gussy who all ignored Wilbur. Wilbur wanted someone to play with so he asked the rat named Templeton. He didn’t want to play because all he did was be rude, gnaw, spy, eat and hide. That night while he said Goodnight to everyone, one voice finally answered him and told him they will meet tomorrow morning when the sunrises. When he woke up he meet the big gray spider named Charlotte. No one in the barn liked her as well, calling her names and being scared of her, but Wilbur didn’t seem to mind.  Wilbur and Charlotte could talk for hours. One day in the summer, Fern’s brother, Avery came into the barn and tried to capture Charlotte in a jar but Wilbur stopped him by tripping him. This made Avery step on Templeton’s rotten egg and stink up the barn, but Charlotte wasn’t complaining. Templeton told Wilbur some bad news after he saved Charlotte’s life.  Charlotte explained to Wilbur that Spring pigs are usually killed before Christmas to make ham and bacon but she promised him that she will save his life. Over night Charlotte thought of a perfect plan. She spun her web to make the words “Some Pig”, people came from all over the world to see it but soon forgot about it.  To live pass Christmas, Charlotte had to make another web with the word “Terrific” to save Wilbur’s life. The second word wasn’t enough and people came and gone, but the smokehouse was still getting prepared for the Christmas feast. To think of a better third word, Templeton looked through his stash of newspaper and found the perfect word, Radiant. Mr. Zuckerman announced to the third crowd that he was putting Wilbur into the County Fair.  Everyone thought he was saved from being a part of a meal.  Charlotte was getting weaker and weaker as the days went on, but he still made it to the fair to help Wilbur through the whole thing. Templeton also came for the food but he was tricked into helping for more words. At the fair, Fern was off with another boy and Wilbur was sad that she was growing up and the pig, Uncle, sat next to him was even bigger and stronger than himself. The next morning, Wilbur woke up to the word Humble. He didn’t think he deserved all of these words. He realized that Charlotte was sitting on something round and white. This was called a Magnum Opus and it held her eggs. Such great news was ignored when Wilbur realized the 1st place ribbon on Uncle’s pen. The judge’s decided the winner before seeing Charlotte’s web, losing them the competition. Right before they all went home, the judges saw the web and awarded the Zuckerman family with 100$, a handsome medal for Wilbur. While getting ready to go home, Charlotte was too weak to get into the car and this made Wilbur upset, but Charlotte was calm about her death and gave him her eggs to take care of. Back at the barn, Wilbur saw his first snow fall and waited for Charlotte’s 514 children to be born. One spring day, all the spider hatched and went on their way. This made Wilbur feel like he was losing his friend all over again. But after all the Goodbyes fading he heard three small voices say “Salutations!”. He told the three small spiders about their mom and told them that they will be best friends. Theme is friendship and kindness. I loved this book because it shows through animals, that anyone can be friends, no matter what size, shape or color. 

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

Summary: Family of mice lived underground of a vegetable garden owned by a man named Mr. Fibbs Gibben. Mice move here when the living is hard and there aren’t enough food in the woods. Their house was a hollow cinderblock that was roomy and nice. Mrs. Frisby was single but was great a taking care of her children. Mrs. Frisby’s son Timothy became sick on a day in February. She wanted more and different food, but the grass area was a place for cats, but instead she searched around her house for anything. At the edge of the woods there was a stomp with a whole. There was something that looked like a leaf. She waited to see if there was anyone was there and saw it was corn, but she didn’t know why it was there because it was no where near the cornfield. Mrs. Frisby thought it was an animal that was shot, but she wanted the food and thought the animal wouldn’t miss it. She brought some corn home for breakfast, going back later for more with her children’s help. Theresa(the oldest) came first, then Martin (goodlooking one), then Cynthia(the dancer). Mrs. Frisby asked where Timothy was and asked Martin to get him, but he came back and said that he didn’t want the surprise food and didn’t feel good at all; plus, his forehead was warm. All of the children started to talk about moving day, but felt sad because they might not move if Timothy felt bad still. Timothy was always the first one of the season to catch a sickness and was not good at getting better. They offered him food, but he didn’t want any and fell asleep. The morning after they went to get more food, but on their way back, Theresa was sitting there with Timothy and crying. He could barely breathe and couldn’t talk. He was getting a lot worse. At the end of Chapter one they realize that Timothy must have medicine. Mr. Ages was a white mouse that lived across the farm behind a bricked walled house. Mrs. Frisby had to go into the winter and risk the trip to help her son, because he needed help. She was a fast as she could be and tried not to step on dried leaves and tried to find hiding spots just incase. From the seeds and leaves around Mr. Ages house, he made powders the saved the dying. He saved Timothy from a spider bite some time ago when Mr. Frisby was alive. There was no answer at Mr. Ages house so she waited for a half and hour and when he showed they talked about Timothy. She described Timothy’s symptoms and Mr. Ages said that he has pneumonia and needs to be kept warm. He took three packets of medicine and gave them to Mrs. Frisby. She asked if he will get better. He said that he will get better, but he might get it back if he gets cold again. In the beginning of Chapter three, Mrs. Frisby had to try and pick a safe and fast way to get home. The cat was called Dragon, he grew into his name as he turned to a scary monster that froze his victims where they stood. She thought about Timothy instead and how he was so nice to his youngest sister who was all over the place. As she was thinking this, she saw a crow that was trying to fly, but he had a string caught on his foot and couldn’t get out. He picked up the string because it was shiny and didn’t think he was going to get caught. As Mrs. Frisby was tried to get the string off the crow’s feet, he crow started to yell because the cat was coming closer. The string was cut loose and there was no where to hid so the crow told Mrs. Frisby to climb on top of his back to fly away to safety. The crow dropped off the mouse to her house. The crow named Jeremy told her that if she needed any help that he would be there. Chapter 4: When she got back she mixed the packets of medicine and woke up Timothy. The next couple of days he slept a lot still but he was a lot better. As Mrs. Frisby went back to the stomp where they found the food but could only think about moving day because if the groundhog sees his shadow and spring is coming, they have to move or the people will find them in the garden. Moving day also scared her because Timothy wasn’t allowed to move much and can’t be in the cold. On the way through the woods, she saw a shrew that she was friendly with. They talked about the owner of the garden and how he plows the winter ground before it was spring. As she was thinking about getting the key for the solution, she heard a horrible loud sound that shook her whole body. Chapter 5+6: She watched as Mr. FibbsGibbin and his sons Paul and Billy were setting up the trackers, but he turned them off and talked about ordering a new one and starting in 5 days. This worried Mrs. Frisby because Timothy needed 3 weeks to recover before moving and being in the cold. She saw the cat, but he was not giving her any attention and instead laid there and fell asleep. Behind the cat she saw a bunch of rats marching in a line and were carrying a long electric cable to the rose bushes, where their hole was. The rats were close to Dragon, but no one moved. Mrs. Frisby discovers that the farmer plans to start plowing in five days (earlier than she expected), and she doesn't know what to do. Jeremy tells Mrs. Frisby that she should ask the wise old owl what to do, and he would fly her there to see him. Chapter 7+8: At first the owl is reluctant to help Mrs. Frisby until he finds out that she is the widow of Johnathan Frisby. The owl suggests she seek help from the rats that live under the rose bush. Chapters 9+10: Terrified but brave, Mrs. Frisby goes to the rosebush to ask the rats for help. She meets a large rat named Brutus who doesn't want to let Mrs. Frisby see Nicodemus, but eventually he does when Mr. Ages tells him that she is the wife of Johnathan Frisby. Chapter 11-13: Once inside, Mrs. Frisby learns that the rats have electricity, lights, and an elevator underground. She meets Nicodemus, the rat leader, and then is taken to the library to wait for him. She also starts learning about the Plan of the Rats of NIMH. While in the library, she meets a girl rat named Isabella, who starts to tell her some things about life in the rat colony. Isabella also tells her about Jenner, who deserted the colony because he didn't agree with the Plan. Mrs. Frisby doesn't get to ask Isabella any more questions because Nicodemus comes in with Mr. Ages. They talk to Mrs. Frisby about moving her house and about the dangers of the cat, Dragon. She agrees to put powder in Dragon's food.  Chapters 14-17: Mrs. Frisby learns that her husband died putting powder in Dragon's food. Nicodemus also tells her about NIMH. He explains how the rats were caught and taken to a laboratory and given injections to speed up the training process. He tells the story of how Justin, a young rat, tried to escape one day.  Chapter 18-20: Nicodemus continues telling his story to Mrs. Frisby and includes how the rats learned to read, how reading signs helped the rats escape from NIMH, and how they escaped with Johnathan and Mr. Ages. He explains how they found a place to live, the Boniface Estate.  Chapter 21-23: Mrs. Frisby returns to the children and tells them the rats will help. She goes back to the rats the next day, and they show her the Main Hall and reveal their Plan. They want to become self-sufficient and live without stealing food. Nicodemus continues his story about Boniface Estate and a toy truck full of useful stuff they found, which was the catalyst for the Plan. He also explains how and why Jenner did not agree with the Plan.  Chapters 24-26: Mrs. Frisby goes to put the powder in Dragon's food bowl. While she is in the house, Billy, the farmer's son, catches Mrs. Frisby, using a colander as a net. He decides to keep Mrs. Frisby as a pet. While she is being held captive, she overhears a conversation about the Public Health Service coming to the farm to get the rats of NIMH. Justin comes and rescues Mrs. Frisby. When they get to the moving site, a shrew is standing in the way of allowing the rats to move Mrs. Frisby's house. After all the confusion is straightened out, the rats successfully move the mice's house.  Chapters 27-Epiloque: Mrs. Frisby goes to a meeting with the rats to discuss the men that may be coming for them. They devise a plan to fool the men if they are from NIMH and decide the time has come to move. A doctor came to get the rats, but they outsmarted him and escaped. Mrs. Frisby watches the scene unfold. It is thought that Justin died when the doctor tried to capture the rats. In the epilogue, Mrs. Frisby finally tells her children the truth about the rats of NIMH. Theme is telling the truth and survival. I liked this book more in the beginning than the end, but overall it is a really good book for children because it’s entertaining and interesting. 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Fantasy)

Summary: The story begins with a description of the Dursleys, an utterly normal family in England, who are left with baby Harry Potter on their doorsteps. Aunt Petunia's sister Lily married James Potter and became a powerful couple in the wizard's world. They were killed by the evil Voldemort, leaving Harry with a large scar on his forehead and legacy as the only wizard to escape Voldemort alive. Head wizard Albus Dumbledore decides to have Harry grow up with the Dursleys until he is ready to attend Hogwarts, the premiere magic school in England. At age 11, Harry is whisked away to Hogwarts by the giant gamekeeper, Hagrid, to find himself lost amongst a new world of magic and power.  Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, where he retrieves some of his inheritance from Gringotts, the wizard bank, and purchases his books, wand, and robes from the Leaky Cauldron and Ollivanders. On the train to Hogwarts at platform Nine and Three Quarters, Harry meets his new friend Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Everyone is amazed to meet the famous Harry Potter. On the train Harry also meets Draco Malfoy, a boy with whom he develops a distrust and hatred. At Hogwarts, the children meet Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell, all professors and wizards. At the opening banquet, the Sorting Hat decides in which house the children live, sorting Hermione, Neville, Ron, and Harry into Gryffindor, and Draco Malfoy into Slytherin, the house run by Snape and known to have schooled Voldemort in years past.  Hermione busies herself with studies, Ron with chess, and Harry with learning about his family and powers. He becomes an expert at flying and is allowed to play Quidditch for Gryffindor's team. Draco Malfoy continually tries to get the Gryffindor kids in trouble, by setting them up and dragging them away from their beds at the wrong time. One day, Ron and Harry come across a large troll and rescue Hermione from death. From then on, the threesome spies on Snape and Quirrell and seek to discover the secrets at Hogwarts. They realize that the Sorceror's Stone is hidden by a three-headed dog at Hogwarts and is the secret to eternal life created by Nicholas Flamel. They believe Snape is the culprit behind the evil and try to stop him from destroying Harry and Hogwarts.  Meanwhile, Hagrid keeps an eye on Harry and looks out for him. They visit Hagrid and meet his new pet dragon, Norbert. Norbert causes problems for everyone, as dragons are illegal animals. The three send the dragon away to Romania under Harry's Invisibility Cloak and are discovered out of bed doing so. They are branded and punished with detention and stricken of fifty points each. As detention the kids must help clean up the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid. They find a unicorn slaughtered, with its blood scattered across the ground, and are frightened by an evil spirit. The good centaur Firenze flies Harry away from danger in the forest as soon as he discovers who Harry is.  Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover that Voldemort tricked Hagrid into revealing the method by which to get past the three-headed dog and to the Sorcerer's Stone. They rush past the dog, and through the chambers to stop Voldemort from killing Harry. Ron gets everyone past the life sized Wizard's Chess board, while Hermione breaks the riddle that allows Harry to proceed to the ultimate chamber under ground. He sees the Mirror of Erised, the same mirror that shows the hopes and dreams of the person who looks inside. He finds Quirrell in the chamber without his stutter. He admits to hosting Voldemort and trying to destroy Harry in the forest. When his turban is removed, Harry sees a double face on top of Quirrell's head - it is Voldemort, and he wants to use Harry to get the Stone and then kill him. Harry discovers the Stone in his pocket and tries to kill Voldemort/Quirrel until he blacks out.  Harry awakens in the infirmary to Dumbledore congratulating him. He saved the Stone, Hogwarts, and his own life. Because of his bravery and that of Hermione, Ron, and Neville, Gryffindor wins the House Cup for the year. Harry must go back to the Dursleys for the summer, but looks forward to all the magic he will practice and learn in the future. Theme of this book is survival and wizardry. I do not like this book because I thought it was boring and too long. 

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Fantasy)

Summary: “Spring”: Frog went to Toad’s house and tried to get him up and out of bed to see the April sun shining on the melting winter snow, but Toad only wanted to sleep. Toad didn’t want to wake up until May, so Frog ripped off the all the pages of the calendar to have May showing and woke up Toad again to go have some fun. “The Story”: One day in summer Frog wasn’t feeling well, so Toad was going to tell him a story while he was resting. Toad couldn’t think of a story so he walk outside to come up with one, when that didn’t work he tried to stand on his head to find a story. He was on his head for a while, but that didn’t work. Toad tried to think of a story by pouring water on his head and banging his head on the wall, but Frog was already starting to feel better and gave the bed to Toad and wanted to tell him a story instead. The Frog told the story of everything the Toad tried to do to get a story and by the end the Toad was fast asleep. “A Lost Button”: One day Frog and Toad went for a long walk. During the walk Toad’s feet started to hurt and he realized he lost a button on his jacket. They retraced their steps to find the button. Frog cried out to Toad that he found it but it was black not white and put it in his pocket. Then a sparrow flew down and asked if he was missing a button he found but it had two holes not four. In the dark path they found another button, but it was too small. Next a raccoon came up to Frog and Toad with a button but it was square, not round but he took that one and put it in his pocket with all the rest. They found another one in the mud but it was too thin. Toad started to get mad that there were so many buttons but none of them were his and ran home. There, on the floor, was his button. Toad took all of the buttons he found that day and sewed them on his jacket and give it to Frog the next day. Frog was so happy about his new beautiful jacket that he jumped for joy, and none of the buttons fell off because Toad sewed them on really well. “A Swim”: Frog and Toad went to the river for a swim. Frog didn’t wear a bathing suit, but Toad did and didn’t want Frog to see him wearing it, so he made Frog close his eyes until he was in the water. The played in the water all afternoon until a turtle came along the riverbank.  Toad told Frog to tell the turtle to go away because Toad thought is looked funny in his bathing suit. Everyone including some lizards, a snake, two dragonflies and a field mouse wanted to see Toad in his funny bathing suit. Toad didn’t want to get out of the water but he started to get a cold. When he got out of the water everyone, even Frog laughed at him. Toad asked Frog what he was laughing about and he said that he did look funny. Toad said of course I do and picked up his stuff and walked home. “The Letter”: Frog went over to Toad’s house to find him sadly staring at his mailbox. Toad was sad that he never gets mail, so Frog said bye and rushed home. At home, Frog started to write a letter to Toad.  He gave it to Snail to take it to Toad’s house and put it in his mailbox right away. Frog ran back to Toad’s house and told him to look and wait for the mail, but Toad didn’t want to and the Snail hasn’t come yet. Toad asked Frog why he was looking at the window and Frog told him that he was waiting for the mail because he sent some. After four days of waiting, the Snail finally made it to Toad’s house and gave him the letter. This made Toad very pleased to have it. Theme of this book is friendship. I loved this book because it was one of my favorites when I was little. It has great picture and simple but perfect stories for little children. 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Fantasy)

Summary: Main character Katniss lives in the world where they are the ‘Hunger Games’ at the Capitol.  Where two people from each of the 12 Districts fight to the death for the winner to become famous.  Katniss’s sister Prim was picked during the reaping but she took her place as tribute`. Katniss and the boy from her district Peeta start to fall in love and fight for the new rules that two people from the same District can win together.  They end up winning after killing their peers and surviving explosions and deadly animals (trackerjackers).  Gale Hawthorne is Katniss’s friend from home. Effie Trinket is the district escort, Haymitch Abernathy is the mentor for the district, Cinna is the stylist, Rue is one of the children from District 4 that Katniss draws a liking to. Caesar Flickerman is the interviewer. At the end of the book, Haymitch tries to make Peeta and Katniss look more like a couple by telling her what to do during the many interviews.  On their way back home, Peeta gives her flowers and this makes her think about Gale.  Peeta and Katniss start to argue about what Haymitch was doing and how Peeta now thinks their whole relationship was a fake, but Katniss is just confused more and more when she gets closer to home.  At the end of the book, Peeta grabs her hand and says “One last time for the audience”.  She doesn’t want to lose him already but is still confused about Gale. Theme of this book is survival, love and friendship. I loved this book, but at the end I started to lose interested because it was very predicable and started to bore me. 

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (Fantasy)

Summary: Characters George Beard and Harold Hutchins are responsible best friends that live next to each other and are in the same fourth grade class at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School who love to draw comics. These comics included the all-time greatest hero; The Amazing Captain Underpants. In the comics, the Captain was the super hero who saved the school from the Inedible Hunk. Mr. Krupp the meanest school principal in history did not like children in general, but especially Harold and George and their comics. The BIG prank that got the boys in trouble was putting pepper in the cheerleaders pompoms, bubbles in the bands instruments, filled the football with helium, replaced the football players lotion with itching cream, glued the bathroom door shut and put Sea-Monkey in the lemonade all at one football game. Mr. Krupp blackmailed the children by taping them doing every prank and made the boys do anything he wanted them to. After weeks of following his rules, the boys bought a 3D hypno-ring that made the principal think he was Captain Underpants and ran away to fight crime.  While chasing the Captain, they fought off some robbers, robots and the evil Dr. Diaper that was trying to take over the world with his Laser-Matic 3000 and Diaper-Matic 2000. The boys changed Mr. Krupp back into himself and took the blackmail, but whenever he hears snaps, he turns back into Captain Underpants. Theme is imagination vs. reality. I love this book because it is really entertaining and fun to read.