Comics reading challenge 2026–27
Can you read five comics in a row?
Can you read five comics in a row? Tap a square when you've read a comic that fits it. Get five across, down or corner to corner, and print your certificate!
A free book bingo for kids: 25 squares, with a free one in the middle. 15 of them tick themselves when you tick a book on a series checklist or make a comic in the Comic Studio. Nothing to type, nothing sent. Rather use paper? Print a blank card below.
Peabody is drawing your card…
The 25 squares
- A manga, a comic from Japan. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A book in a series. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A comic with no words at all, told only in pictures.
- A whole series, read to the very last book. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- Book 1 of a series that's new to you. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A graphic novel from the library.
- A funny one that made you laugh. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A comic you made yourself, in the Comic Studio or on a printed page. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A book from a series with 10 or more books. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A scary-ish one, with monsters or ghosts. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A real-life one, about things that really happen. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- One with animals as the stars. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- Free square: a comic you love.
- One set out in space. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A comic you read aloud to someone.
- A comic someone read to you.
- A manga read right to left, back to front. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- An old favourite, read again.
- A series from one of Peabody's Books like… pages. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A comic strip, a few panels long.
- A half-and-half book: part words, part pictures. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A comic from about 100 years ago, free from a library.
- A book that came out in 2026 or 2027. Ticks itself from your shelf.
- A comic a friend or a grown-up picked for you.
- A comic read outside.
Where to find a comic for a square
- A manga, read right to left: the manga wing and how to read one.
- A Books like… page: Books like Dog Man, Books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Books like The Bad Guys, Books like Captain Underpants, Books like Wings of Fire, Books like Amulet, Books like InvestiGators, Books like Hilo, Books like The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels, Books like Smile, Sisters and Guts, Books like Big Nate.
- A comic you made: the Comic Studio or a blank comic page to print.
- Read aloud: how to read a comic aloud.
- Every series you've started: My shelf.
My comics reading challenge 2026–27
Read a comic for a square, then tick it or colour it in. Five in a row, across, down or corner to corner, wins a certificate!
- A manga
- A book in a series
- No words at all
- A whole series
- Book 1 of a new series
- From the library
- A funny one
- A comic you made
- 10 or more books
- A scary-ish one
- A real-life one
- Animals!
- Free: a comic you love
- Out in space
- Read it aloud
- Someone read it to you
- Right to left
- An old favourite
- From a Books like… page
- A comic strip
- Half words, half pictures
- 100 years old
- Out in 2026 or 2027
- A friend's pick
- Read outside
Every square, read aloud, and a new card each year: peabody.kids/series/challenge
For grown-ups
A free reading challenge with no account and no class code. The card is kept in this browser only: the squares a child taps, and the ones that tick themselves from the series checklists and the Comic Studio on this device. Nothing is uploaded and no name is asked for; the certificate has a line to write the name by hand. Under the card, save the taps as a file, open one on another device, or clear them. Next year brings a new card.