11 Books for Fans of the Babysitters Club Graphic Novels
I’ll be honest – I was not a huge reader of the Babysitters Club Books when I was growing up (I think I read maybe 2?) – I was really more of a Sweet Valley Twins reader.
But now my older girls have caught the Babysitters Club bug and they’ve loved them, particularly the Babysitters Club graphic novels.
(My 8 year old also loves the Babysitters Little Sister series).
If you have a child who has blazed through the series, here are some other graphic novel series they might love too!
Books for Fans of the Babysitter’s Club Graphic Novels
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
2 books in series // 224 pages
Braces. Most kids get them, most kids don’t like them. When Raina gets them, it’s not just because her teeth were crooked, she fell and severely injured her two front teeth. Braces, headgear, surgery, and even fake teeth, make her already hard middle school life, into a jumble of confusion and embarrassment.
Real Friends by Shannon Hale
3 books in series // 224 pages
Shannon is shy, timid, and has always been content with her one good friend, Adrienne. When Adrienne becomes popular and starts making new friends, will Shannon be left alone or stand up for herself? This relatable and realistic book will make you laugh and cry.
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm
4 books in series
Instead of lounging on the beach, shopping on the boardwalk, and hanging with her best friend, Sunny is stuck in Florida with her grandpa. Having found no other kids so far, she is delighted to meet Buzz, a comic book obsessed boy who’s even her age! Can she make the best of this summer or will it be a flop?
Click by Kayla Miller
6 books in series // 192 pages
Olive is friends with everyone in her fifth-grade class, but when there is a school variety show, she is left with no partner and no act! She doesn’t know how to show off her own talents, but she better figure it out – and quick!
Katie the Catsitter by
3 books in series // 224 pages
Katie is trying to earn money for camp, but she fails at every job she tries. When she gets a job cat-sitting for her neighbor, she’s a little suspicious. One, Madeline has 217 cats, who has that many cats? And two, every time Madeline leaves, the towns most notorious villain commits another crime! Could Madeline really be a super villain? Or is this all a big misunderstanding?
Sweet Valley Twins by Nicole Andelfinger and Francine Pascal
2 books in series // 224 pages
I read SO many Sweet Valley books growing up and my sister and I endlessly pretended to be Jessica and Elizabeth. I am thrilled to see this new graphic novel adaptation of the first Sweet Valley Twins book. Jessica and Elizabeth have always done everything the same. They participate in the same clubs, play the same sports, and basically always try to be together. When will they realize that having separate interests might not be a bad thing?
Stargazing by Jen Wang
224 pages
Christine and Moon are polar opposites, but become friends when they live next to each other. When Moon lets Christine in on her secret, that she has visions of heavenly people telling her she doesn’t belong on earth. It turns out that these hallucinations end up sending her to the hospital. Will Moon be OK, or will Christine lose her best friend?
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
256 pages
Moving to Bahía de la Luna isn’t what Catrina wanted at all. She’s only doing it for her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the clean air. Maya is delighted when a neighbor tells her that this town contains ghosts! Catrina, on the other hand, is terrified of them and doesn’t know if she can face them, even if it will make her sister happy.
Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley
2 books in series // 224
Stepping Stones follows Jen, who doesn’t want to move to a farm with her mom and her mom’s boyfriend, Walter. She also doesn’t want to leave her friends, her dad, and her life in the city, but most of all she does NOT want to live with Andy and Reese, Walter’s daughters.
New Kid by Jerry Craft
256 pages
I picked up this one in 2019 when my Children’s Literature Book Club was reading it and I blazed through it in a day! I also listened to it after reading (plus the companion book, Class Act) and had it on my Everyday Reading Book Club list in 2021! Such a wonderful, warm tale of a middle schooler who is going to a rich, private school as one of the few people of color. It’s smart and funny and I loved every page. (See the full review here)
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
224 pages
Being sick is the worst! When Raina and her mother both catch a stomach bug, Raina learns this first hand. When she goes back to school, she has so many things to worry about – friends, homework, and classmates trying to gross each other out. But everything she worries about makes her stomach hurt, just like when she was sick. What is happening and how can she fix it?
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The third book in the New Kid series is out! It’s called School Trip 🙂 https://jerrycraft.com/