The manga wing
Manga for kids: series sold for children
2 manga series so far, each one sold for children in English: Yotsuba&! and Chi's Sweet Home. Manga are comics from Japan. Cute drawings are no promise that a manga is a children's book, and some of these first ran in Japanese magazines for older readers, so each card says whose age it is and what the books are like. Peabody's list of manga labelled for children has more.
New to manga? Start here: how to read manga in five steps.
Checked November 12, 2026. No covers, no shop links, nobody paid to be here.
How to read a manga printed right to left
- Open it from what looks like the back cover: in a Japanese-style book, that is the front.
- Start at the top right corner of the right-hand page.
- Read the panels right to left, then go down a row and read right to left again.
- In each panel, read the bubbles right to left too, top ones first.
- Many English editions print a “Stop! This is the back of the book” page where you start by mistake. Turn it over and begin.
Not every English manga is printed this way: some are flipped to read left to right, and the card below says which.
The manga, in order
Yotsuba&! volumes in order by Kiyohiko Azuma
Ages 6–12 16 volumes in English · reads right to left · still going. Yen Press labels volume 16 "All Ages" and prints no number. The 6 to 12 range is Peabody's own estimate.
Chi's Sweet Home volumes in order by Konami Kanata
Ages 8–12 12 volumes in English · this English edition reads left to right · finished. Kodansha's print series guide (June 2026) rates The Complete Chi's Sweet Home "A, All Ages", which it says is generally aimed at readers 8 and up. The top of the 8 to 12 range is Peabody's own estimate.
Looking for more? Every other series here is a comic or graphic novel from the left-to-right side of the shelf: see them all by age.