Read-alouds and series
Top 10 series to read after Dog Man
Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey · Ages 7-10
The spin-off from the same world: Li'l Petey helps baby frogs make their own comics. Five books, labelled 7+.
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The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey · Ages 6-10
The same speed and silliness: a wolf and his crew try to be good. Twenty books. About 6 to 10 is our estimate.
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Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey · Ages 6-10
The series Dog Man came from, twelve books, a little more text and a lot of cartoons. About 6 to 10 is our estimate.
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InvestiGators
John Patrick Green
Two alligator detectives and a great many puns.
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Hilo
Judd Winick
A boy who falls from the sky, for when Dog Man starts to feel easy.
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Bunny vs Monkey
Jamie Smart · Ages 8-12
A joke on almost every page and a forest of odd animals. Twelve books; labelled 8 to 12 in the US.
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Lunch Lady
Jarrett J. Krosoczka · Ages 7-10
School, gadgets and silly villains in short comics. Ten books, finished; labelled 7 to 10.
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CatStronauts
Drew Brockington · Ages 6-10
Cats on space missions, with machines that go wrong. Eight books; labelled 6 to 10 or 6 to 9.
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Babymouse
Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm · Ages 7-10
A daydreaming mouse and a messy locker; twenty books, finished, any one can come first. Labelled 7 to 10.
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Wings of Fire graphic novels
Tui T. Sutherland, drawn by Mike Holmes · Ages 8-12
For a Dog Man reader ready for one long story: dragons, nine books so far, more words per page. Labelled 8 to 12.
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What to read when all fifteen Dog Man books are done, from the same-world spin-off to the longer stories a Dog Man reader grows into. Ours: Peabody's Books Like Dog Man, by Age page (peabody.kids/series/after/dog-man) sorts these by age, and every series linked below has its books in order with a checklist. 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: closest to Dog Man first, then a step older. 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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