Why does this matter? Because Dog Man books are the most stolen books from public elementary school libraries in the United States. No, seriously. The circulation numbers are insane. Kids love them so much that physical copies literally fall apart.

Preserving a Pack: How the Internet Archive is Saving the World of ‘Dog Man’ Subtitle: Inside the digital vault keeping Dav Pilkey’s mega-bestselling graphic novels accessible to the next generation of readers.

This deep dive explores the intersection of a modern literary phenomenon and the world’s largest digital library.