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12 Intermediate Comic Books

By Mariah
Comic books and graphic novels are so much fun to read! They can be especially helpful if you have a reluctant reader in your life. This list is for people looking for intermediate/beginning comic books to get your Kindergartener-2nd Grader excited about reading comic books. Even though these are aimed at K-2, they can be entertaining for children (and adults!) of all ages.

By Drew Brockington
Little, Brown and Company, 2017. Comic Book. 160 pages

Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.


By Stephen Shaskan
Random House Children's Books, 2020. Comic Book. 68 pages.

Best friends Pizza and Taco agree on nearly everything until Pizza declares himself the best of all, leading to debating, voting, competing, and finally defining what being the best really means.


By Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
Random House Children's Books, 2005. Comic Book. 96 pages.

An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party.


By Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press, 2009. Comic Book. 64 pages.

Binky's blast-off into outer space (outside) to battle aliens (bugs) is delayed when he realizes he's left something behind--and it's not the anti-gravity kitty litter.


By John Patrick Green
First Second, an Imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2020. Comic Book. 200 pages.

With their very exciting spy technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks--or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?


By Dav Pilkey
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2016. Comic Book. 231 pages.

George and Harold create a new comic book hero in Dog Man, a crimefighter with the head of a police dog and the body of a policeman, who faces off against his arch nemesis Petey the cat.


By Mika Song
RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2020. Comic Book. 101 pages.

Belly and Norma are the best of squirrels . . . or so they think! After discovering donuts for the first time, they are determined to get some for themselves, even if they have to outsmart the food truck driver to do it!


By Ben Clayton
Tundra Books, 2016. Comic Book. 64 pages.

A happy-go-lucky, waffle-loving narwhal and a cynical, no-nonsense jellyfish forge an unlikely friendship and share adventures while exploring the ocean together.

By Jonathan Stutzman & Heather Fox
Henry Holt and Company, 2021. Comic Book. 64 pages.

Ghost siblings and best friends Fitz and Cleo go to the beach, fly paper airplanes, play baseball, and adopt a cat.

By Graham Annable
First Second, 2018. Comic. 119 pages.

Peter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. Peter and Ernesto are nothing alike. Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on earth. So Ernesto leaves to have a grand adventure, and Peter stays behind and frets. Will their separation tear these friends apart... or can it bring them closer together?



By Brian "Smitty" Smith
Harper Alley, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2020. Comic. 61 pages.

Like all peas, Pea loves to roll. So when a no-good strawberry dares him to roll all the way off the farm, he swears he can do it--eazy me-zee! But along the way, a powerful thunderstorm strikes and bounces Pea off course... and right into two unlikely new buds: a bee named Bee who thinks she knows it all, and a bird named Jay who can't figure out how to fly. On their own they may not look like much, but if this trio can stick together, they just might help Pea find his way back home!


By Emily Tetri
First Second, 2018. Comic. 62 pages.

Tiger is a very lucky kid: she has a monster living under her bed. Every night, Tiger and Monster play games until it's time for lights out. Of course, Monster would never try to scare Tiger--that's not what best friends do. But Monster needs to scare someone... it's a monster, after all. So while Tiger sleeps, Monster scares all of her nightmares away. Thanks to her friend, Tiger has nothing but good dreams. But waiting in the darkness is a nightmare so big and mean that Monster can't fight it alone. Only teamwork and a lot of bravery can chase this nightmare away.
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