Black-Eyed Susan 2024-2025 Nominees: Graphic Novels Grades 3-5

Author

Series

Batcat volume 1

Description

"Batcat loves being all alone in their home on Spooky Island. Up in their tree-house, they passes the time playing video games and watching TV. But when Batcat suddenly finds themself haunted by an annoying, ice cream-stealing ghost, they visit the local Island Witch for a spell to remove their ghastly guest permanently! With their Ghost-B-Gone spell in hand, Batcat travels across Spooky Island to gather ingredients-to the Cavernous Caves where the...

2) The dog knight

Author

Whitley, Jeremy

Series

Dog knight volume 1

Formats:

eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle

Description

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"Meet Frankie, whose biggest challenge is finding the perfect outfit for the upcoming band concert. But then they save a friendly golden retriever from bullies--and suddenly find themself in a giant magical doghouse, with a funny-looking helmet, talking about a job offer with a group of dog superheroes called the Pawtheon. If Frankie can prove that they possess the six dog virtues of loyalty, kindness, honesty, justice, stubbornness, and smell, they...

3) Enlighten me

Author

Lê, Minh

Formats:

eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle

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Binh and his family take a trip to a silent meditation retreat, where he learns a lot about himself and how to manage his feelings through Buddhist teachings.

4) Killer underwear invasion!: how to spot fake news, disinformation & conspiracy theories

Author

Gravel, Elise

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"In this hilarious, yet fact-filled book, Elise Gravel uses her kid-friendly wit and quirky illustration style to break down what fake news is, why people spread it, and how to tell what is real and what isn't. And that's the truth!"--

5) Meesh the bad demon

Author

Lam, Michelle

Series

Meesh the bad demon volume 1

Description

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"Meesh is a bad demon. "Bad" in that she always sees the good in those around her--which isn't how a demon is meant to feel or act. Bullied by the other demons, twelve-year-old Meesh is more likely to be found reading magazines from Plumeria City--the fairy realm--and fangirling about the fairy princesses. But when disaster strikes and all of demon-kind is threatened, Meesh must journey to other worlds in search of help. As luck would have it, she...

6) Paws: 1Gabby gets it together

Author

Fairbairn, Nathan

Series

PAWS volume 1

Formats:

Book, Graphic Novel

Description

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"Meet best friends Gabby Jordan, Priya Gupta, and Mindy Kim. They're different in just about every way -- personalities, hobbies, family, and more -- but they have a few important things in common: they're all in the same class, they absolutely love animals, and for reasons that are as varied as the trio themselves none of them can actually have any pets. Unable to resist the adorable temptation any longer, the girls decide to come up with a way to...

7) Prunella and the cursed skull ring: 1

Author

Loux, Matthew

Formats:

Book, Graphic Novel

Description

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There are whispers around the village that monsters are lurking outside the gates. Prunella doesn't pay this talk much mind--until she unearths a strange skull-shaped ring in her garden. When she places it on her finger she's transformed into a skeleton girl, terrifying her monster-fearing town! Exiled, Prunella wanders the wilderness, where she discovers that monsters aren't as bad as she's been led to believe. With her new friends, undead pirate...

8) Saving Sunshine

Author

Faruqi, Saadia

Series

Saving Sunshine volume 1

Formats:

eBook, Kindle

Description

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A Kirkus Best Book of 2023
A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids 2023
A 2024 Texas Library Association Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Selection

From Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan comes a relatable, funny, and heart-wrenchingly honest graphic novel about Muslim American siblings who must learn how to stop fighting and support each other in a world that is often unkind.
It's hard enough

...

9) Squire & Knight

Author

Chantler, Scott

Series

Squire & Knight volume 1

Formats:

Book, eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle

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Staying behind to catch up on some reading while his inept boss, Sir Kelton, rides off to slay a demonic dragon, Squire soon notices something isn't quite right about this cursed village and seeks to uncover its secrets.

10) Things in the basement

Author

Hatke, Ben

Series

Things in the basement

Formats:

Book, eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle

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"It was supposed to just be a normal basement--some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back that he's never seen before. Turns out that the basement of his house is enormous. In fact, there is a whole world down there. As Milo travels ever deeper into the Basement World, he meets the many Things...