Comics by kind
Comics about school
Classrooms, cafeterias, field trips and the first day: comics set where kids spend their days. Here are 14 of them, youngest first.
Each series links to its books in order with a checklist, and says whose age it is. Checked November 12, 2026.
Captain Underpants books in order by Dav Pilkey
Ages 6–10 · Peabody's own estimate 12 books. Short chapters with lots of cartoons and comic pages: a step up from a comic.
Babymouse books in order by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Ages 7–10 · the publisher's age 20 books. Comic panels with short speech bubbles and a few lines of narration.
Lunch Lady books in order by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Ages 7–10 · the publisher's age 10 books. Short comics with a lot of white space, a few words per bubble and one joke after another.
Squish books in order by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Ages 7–10 · the publisher's age 8 books. Comic panels with short speech bubbles, plus a comic-within-the-comic and a few science facts.
Mr. Wolf's Class books in order by Aron Nels Steinke
Ages 7+ · Peabody's own estimate 6 books. Clear comic panels with short speech bubbles and everyday school scenes, easy to follow one panel at a time.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid books in order by Jeff Kinney
Ages 8–12 · the publisher's age 21 books. A handwritten-looking diary with a cartoon on most pages: more words than a comic, in short entries.
The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels graphic novels in order by Ann M. Martin (adapted by Raina Telgemeier and other artists)
Ages 8–12 · Peabody's own estimate 19 graphic novels. Comic panels with chatty speech bubbles and a lot of feelings, and a new cast member to learn in most books.
Phoebe and Her Unicorn books in order by Dana Simpson
Ages 8–12 · Peabody's own estimate 24 books. Short comic strips and a few longer stories, with witty dialogue in small panels and a joke every few lines.
Big Nate novels in order by Lincoln Peirce
Ages 8–12 · Peabody's own estimate 8 novels. Short chapters of plain, chatty text on every page, with cartoons and comic strips mixed in.
Click books in order by Kayla Miller
Ages 8–12 · Peabody's own estimate 7 books. Bright, easy-to-read comic panels with short bubbles, about one girl's worries.
Smile, Sisters and Guts graphic memoirs in order by Raina Telgemeier
Ages 8–12 · Peabody's own estimate 3 graphic memoirs. Full-colour comic panels with short speech bubbles and a little narration, about one child's real life.
Sunny graphic novels in order by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Ages 8–12 · Peabody's own estimate 6 graphic novels. Colourful comic panels with short speech bubbles, set in a girl's everyday life.
Real Friends graphic memoirs in order by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
Ages 9–13 · Peabody's own estimate 3 graphic memoirs. Comic panels with short speech bubbles, in the first person from the author as a child.
Berrybrook Middle School books in order by Svetlana Chmakova
Ages 10+ · Peabody's own estimate 5 books. Manga-style panels read left to right, with short speech bubbles, lots of facial expressions and a few pages of heavier feeling.
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