![]() ![]() When Ook, Gluk, and their little dinosaur pal Lily are pulled through. (Dinosaurs and cavepeople live at the same time in this book. It's 500,001 BC, and Ook and Gluk's hometown of Caveland, Ohio, is under attack by an evil corporation from the future. ![]() Crude language and insults include "poo," "butt," "jerk," "idiot," and "dum-dum." And a dinosaur paints the side of a building with a naked picture of Ook and Gluk, showing their bottoms. It was and is wrong and harmful to my Asian readers, friends, and family, and to all Asian people." Some parents may also be bothered by the book's intentional misspellings (like "torcher" for torture), meant to show it's written by kids. I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly apologize for this. Product Details FormatHardcover LanguageEnglish PublisherScholastic, Incorporated Publication DateAug. ![]() it was brought to my attention that this book also contains harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery. In this all-new graphic novel, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, the creators of Captain Underpants, present the sensational saga of two silly caveboys named Ook and Gluk. Pilkey said in a letter posted on his YouYube channel that the book was "intended to showcase diversity, equality, and non-violent conflict resolution. However, in March 2021, publisher Scholastic and Pilkey, halted the book's distribution for its perpetuation of passive racism by stereotyping Asians. First published in 2010, it's about two friends who use kung fu and principles of Chinese philosophy to stop the evil Goppernoppers from enslaving their family and friends and destroying the world. Parents need to know that The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future is the first book in a graphc novel series by Dav Pilkey, author of Captain Underpants, and is written in the same spirit. ![]()
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