The Best Kids' Comic Books & Graphic Novels 2026

1. Big Nate: a Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie (Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES! Join the unstoppable Big Nate for another round of middle school adventures! From homework and hygiene to hilarious hiijnks--no one quite does sixth grade like Nate and his friends. Need a way to shut up some snooty kid who is gloating about his private school? Looking for the perfect response when your best friend joins the grammar police? Want a quick and easy way to out-snap even the snappiest comeback? Nate Wright has the answer: a good old-fashioned wedgie! The whole gang from P.S. 38 is back for more hijinks, hilarity, and underwear hoisting in this new collection of Big Nate comics. Can Chad somehow survive on a diet of kale and soy nuts? Are Jenny and Artur EVER going to break up? And how is Nate supposed to concentrate on baseball when he's got a crush on his team's new pitcher? See for yourself! Join Nate and the rest of the crew in this latest full-color comic strip collection in the bestselling series, perfect for both reluctant and avid readers ages 8-12!

Author: Lincoln Peirce ISBN: 9781449462307 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 8/29/2017

2. Disney Manga: Stitch!, Volume 1, (Paperback)

You know and love Stitch's Hawaiian adventures... so join your favorite alien as he visits a Japanese island near Okinawa, where he befriends a young girl named Yuna who excels at karate. Come along as Yuna and Stitch go fishing, enter a costume contest, and even attempt to bake a cake. You never know what sticky situations they'll find themselves in next!

Disney Manga: Stitch!, Volume 1, (Paperback) Author: Disney Manga ISBN: 9781427856739 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 2016-08-30 Page Count: 176

3. Lumberjanes: Lumberjanes: Campfire Songs (Paperback)

CRYPTIDS, AND KITTENS, AND COSTUMES, OH, MY! Neither rain nor heat nor mischievous faeries can put a damper on the fun at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types! Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley are helping throw a huge, mid-summer costume bash with the rest of the Lumberjane scouts, but the decorations, snacks, and supplies keep going missing, thanks to some pesky faeries! Then, the Roanoke scouts have been cooped up inside FOREVER in the biggest rainstorm of the summer, but when a litter of mysterious, spiky green kittens wash up on their doorstep, it's up to Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley to get the kittens back home again (even though Ripley would really like to keep them, obviously!). Lumberjanes co-creators Shannon Watters and Gus Allen, along with Brittney Williams (Goldie Vance), Seanan McGuire (Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider), and more present all the fun summer stories--and kittens!--that prove the perfect time and place is always with your best friends. Collects Lumberjanes: A Midsummer Night's Scheme, Lumberjanes: Somewhere That's Green, and more!

Collects Lumberjanes: A Midsummer Night’s Scheme, Lumberjanes: Somewhere That’s Green, and more! CRYPTIDS, AND KITTENS, AND COSTUMES, OH, MY! Neither rain nor heat nor mischievous faeries can put a damper on the fun at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types! Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley are helping throw a huge, mid-summer costume bash with the rest of the Lumberjane scouts, but the decorations, snacks, and supplies keep going missing, thanks to some pesky faeries! Then, the Roanoke scouts have been cooped up inside FOREVER in the biggest rainstorm of the summer, but when a litter of mysterious, spiky green kittens wash up on their doorstep, it's up to Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley to get the kittens back home again (even though Ripley would really like to keep them, obviously!). Lumberjanes co-creators Shannon Watters and Gus Allen, along with Brittney Williams (Goldie Vance), Seanan McGuire (Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider), and more present all the fun summer stories—and kittens!—that prove the perfect time and place is always with your best friends. Collects Lumberjanes: A Midsummer Night’s Scheme, Lumberjanes: Somewhere That’s Green, and more!