Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dave Pilkey

Dog Man has had such great success in his first three adventures that a big movie studio wants to make a movie of his life. Dog Man leaves little Petey with a babysitter who turns out to be evil big Petey in disguise.  They go to the movie studio and try to wreak havoc, but Dog Man, Sarah, Chief and little Petey save the day.

Dog Man is one of the hottest comic series of the past year.  It is written by the same guy that does "Captain Underpants" and has the same format and style.  Pilkey is so in tune with 4-5th grade humor.  He includes all the best gags.  I actually haven't read the first three Dog Man books, but Pilkey writes enough of the back story in the beginning of the book so the reader can understand who everyone is and what is happening.  (253 p. 2018)