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Graphic novels are a great way to get kids excited about reading. With colorful illustrations, fast-paced stories, and engaging characters, they help young readers build confidence while making reading feel fun and approachable. Whether your child is just beginning their reading journey or already loves diving into longer stories, these graphic novels offer adventures, humor, and relatable characters that will keep them turning the pages.

Graphic Novels for Early Readers

Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: From Badger to Worse

Kids will enjoy Agents of S.U.I.T. for its silly humor, action-packed spy adventure, and lovable animal characters. In this installment, super-spy badgers Bongo and Marsha head to Bora Bora to solve a mystery after their gadget spending gets out of control. With goofy jokes, tropical intrigue, and plenty of chaos, it’s a fun and fast-paced graphic novel that fans of the InvestiGators world will love. 

Pete the Cat and the Space Chase

Early readers will enjoy Pete the Cat and the Space Chase for its fun space adventure and easy-to-follow comic format. When Pete, also known as Agent Meow, accidentally launches an alien spaceship into space, he ends up on an exciting mission among the stars. With simple text, colorful panels, and plenty of humor, it’s a great introduction to graphic novels for beginning readers.

Cat & Cat Adventures: Magic at the Mansion

Fans of magical adventures and funny cat characters will love Cat & Cat Adventures. In this installment, Squash and Ginny race to find a powerful orb and rescue their missing friends before the Spirit World spills into the Human World. With humor, mystery, and fast-paced action, this graphic novel keeps readers excited to see if the cats can save the day.

Graphic Novels for Middle Readers

Harper Sharp: Kid Detective

Kids will love Harper Sharp: Kid Detective because it combines humor, mystery, and everyday school life in a fast-paced graphic novel. Harper is a smart fifth grader juggling homework, friends, and video games while also solving a mysterious threat to his school’s Young Inventor’s Fair. With funny moments, exciting clues, and colorful illustrations, readers will feel like detectives right alongside Harper.

Booked

Readers will enjoy Booked for its mix of soccer, humor, and real-life middle school challenges. The story follows Nick, a soccer-loving kid who would rather play sports than read, as he navigates his parents’ divorce, deals with a bully, and tries to impress his crush. With fast-paced panels and heartfelt moments, it’s a relatable and engaging graphic novel that many kids, especially sports fans, will connect with. 

The Greenies

The Greenies is a fun and relatable story about starting over and finding friendship in unexpected places. When Violet moves to a new town after her parents’ divorce, she ends up in detention and is forced to join the school’s Environmental Club with a group of unlikely classmates. With humor, mischief, and plenty of middle school moments, kids will enjoy watching this rag-tag group turn into real friends. 

Graphic novels offer something for every kind of reader, from laugh-out-loud adventures to heartfelt stories about friendship and growing up. Because they combine art and storytelling, they can draw in kids who might not normally reach for a book and keep them engaged from start to finish. Whether your reader loves mysteries, sports, animals, or school stories, these graphic novels are great picks to add to their reading list! Check out our graphic novel collection here.