Read-alouds and series
Top 10 graphic novel series for 7 year olds
Dog Man
Dav Pilkey · Ages 7-10
A police officer with a dog's head and a joke on most pages. Fifteen books; the fifteenth, A Sprinkle in Time, is out 3 November 2026. Scholastic labels it 7+.
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Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey · Ages 7-10
The Dog Man spin-off: baby frogs learn to make comics, each drawn a different way. Five books, labelled 7+ by Scholastic.
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The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey · Ages 6-10
A wolf and his crew try very hard to be good. Twenty books, big pictures and few words on a page. About 6 to 10 is our estimate.
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Lunch Lady
Jarrett J. Krosoczka · Ages 7-10
A school lunch lady fights silly villains with cafeteria gadgets. Ten books, finished; Penguin Random House labels it 7 to 10.
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Babymouse
Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm · Ages 7-10
A daydreaming mouse, her rival and her messy locker, in black, white and pink. Twenty books, finished; the publisher says 7 to 10.
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CatStronauts
Drew Brockington · Ages 6-10
A team of cats flies space missions, with space words explained as the story goes. Eight books; Little, Brown labels them 6 to 10 or 6 to 9.
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Magic Tree House graphic novels
Mary Pope Osborne, adapted by Jenny Laird · Ages 6-9
The chapter books retold in panels: a brother and sister visit dinosaurs, knights and pirates. Eight so far; Penguin Random House says 6 to 9.
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Pizza and Taco
Stephen Shaskan · Ages 5-8
Two best friends and a goofy plan, a line or two per bubble. Eleven books; the publisher says 5 to 8, so it is a quick, confident read at seven.
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Hilda
Luke Pearson · Ages 7-11
A girl in a mountain wilderness meets trolls, giants and folk-tale creatures; a few spooky moments. Six books; Flying Eye Books says 7 to 11.
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Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey · Ages 6-10
The series Dog Man came out of: short chapters with lots of cartoons and comic pages, a step up from a comic. Twelve books, finished. About 6 to 10 is our estimate.
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Comic series with big panels and short speech bubbles, each labelled for seven by its publisher or by us, said plainly. Ours: Peabody's page of graphic novels for 7-year-olds (peabody.kids/series/for/7-year-olds) and the series pages linked below, each with the books in order and a checklist kept on your device. The pages are ours; the books are not.
Every series with a Peabody page was checked against its publisher's pages (or Wikipedia and Bookroo where a publisher's page would not open) on 29 and 30 October 2026; counts are as of 30 October 2026. Ages say whose they are: the publisher's label, or Peabody's own estimate. Series without a Peabody page are named with their author only, from facts we are sure of. Ranked by our judgment: how easily a seven-year-old can pick up the first book, then how many books follow it. Checked 2026-10-25. Nobody paid to be here. The buy links are plain search links, not affiliate links, so Peabody earns nothing from them.
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