What to read next
Books like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, by age
Finished The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels? Here are 8 series to try next, grouped by age and kind: the same age as the baby-sitters club graphic novels; a bit older, when they're ready; the same kind of book as the baby-sitters club graphic novels. Each one says why it's here and links to the books in order with a checklist.
The picks come from what the series share with The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels (friends, real-life, school, family) and the next reads its own page names. No one paid to be here and there are no shop links. Checked October 30, 2026.
The same age as The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels
Click by Kayla Miller
Ages 8–12 Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship and real-life. The The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels page names it as a next read. Bright, easy-to-read comic panels with short bubbles, about one girl's worries.
Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson
Ages 8–12 Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship and school. The The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels page names it as a next read. Short comic strips and a few longer stories, with witty dialogue in small panels and a joke every few lines.
Smile, Sisters and Guts by Raina Telgemeier
Ages 8–12 Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship and real-life. Full-colour comic panels with short speech bubbles and a little narration, about one child's real life.
A bit older, when they're ready
Berrybrook Middle School by Svetlana Chmakova
Ages 10+ Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship and real-life. It starts a little older, at 10. The The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels page names it as a next read. Manga-style panels read left to right, with short speech bubbles, lots of facial expressions and a few pages of heavier feeling.
Space Boy by Stephen McCranie
Ages 10+ Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship. It starts a little older, at 10. Long, quiet comic pages with a lot of talking and feelings, and a big story that builds over many volumes.
The same kind of book as The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels
Owly by Andy Runton
Ages 5–8 Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship and real-life. It starts a little younger, at 5, so it's a quick, easy read. Almost wordless pictures where pictures and small symbols in the speech bubbles tell the story, so a child can read it with no words at all.
Narwhal and Jelly by Ben Clanton
Ages 6–9 Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship. It starts a little younger, at 6, so it's a quick, easy read. Very short comics in big panels with only a line or two of text each, plus sea-creature facts at the end of some chapters.
Pizza and Taco by Stephen Shaskan
Ages 5–8 Like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, it's friendship. It starts a little younger, at 5, so it's a quick, easy read. Big panels with a line or two of speech in each bubble, split into short chapters.
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