The Core Ten for Kids
Editor’s Note: Compiling the list of essential children’s graphic novels is particularly difficult. For one thing, many children’s books cross over age lines. No children’s section would be complete without American Born Chinese, Bone, The Adventures of Tintin, and The Storm in the Barn. Since those books have already been included on our adult and teen lists, we did not put them here. Also, we again have not recommended many superhero books, for space reasons and because we have tried to compile a listing of use to general booksellers, as opposed to comic-book stores. We highly recommend checking for trade collections from DC, Marvel, Boom, Image, and other comics publishers for age-appropriate superhero titles.
The 2010 Core
Graphic Novels List
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See the other books in the list here:
The Next 25 for Kids | The Expanded List: 100 More for Kids
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The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
by Jeff Kinney
Amulet Books
ISBN: 978-0810997820
The Geronimo Stilton Series
by Geronimo Stilton
Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0545021371
Laika
by Nick Abadzis
First Second
ISBN: 1596431016
Little Mouse Gets Ready
by Jeff Smith
Toon Books
ISBN: 978-1935179016
The Lunch Lady Series
by Jarrett Krosoczka
Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 978-0375846847
The Mouse Guard Series
by David Peterson
Archaia
ISBN: 978-1932386578
Rapunzel’s Revenge/Calamity Jack
by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale
Bloomsbury
ISBN: 1599903733
Salt Water Taffy
by Matthew Loux
Oni Press
ISBN: 978-1932664942
The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
by Eleanor Davis
Bloomsbury
ISBN: 978-1599903965
The Simpsons Series
by various
Abrams
ISBN: 978-0810988378
