There are two new titles on the list of the top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for July 2021 (7/4/21-7/31/21) provided to ICv2.
Debuting at number 6 is Katy Farina’s Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen’s Kittykat Club, the latest volume of the Baby-Sitters Club spinoff, and at number 19 is Kayla Miller’s Clash, the newest story about her character Olive Branche.
It was just a year ago that the second Little Sister book knocked Dog Man out of the top spot (see “July 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels“). That only lasted for a month, but ever since then, the Dog Man books have been scattered throughout the top 20, rather than forming a solid block at the top. With 10 Dog Man titles plus Cat Kid Comic Club, Pilkey already owns more than half the chart, and while some of the titles are sliding down the ranks, none have fallen off yet. There has never been a Top 20 chart that didn’t have every Dav Pilkey book on it. And a 12th book, Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives, is scheduled for November (see “Graphix Announces New ‘Cat Kid’ Book by Author of ‘Dog Man’”).
As predicted last month (see “June 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Comics”), Terri Libenson’s Truly Tyler is back on the chart, as is FGTEEV Saves the World!
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – July 2021 (7/4/21 – 7/31/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER: KAREN’S KITTYCAT CLUB |
KATY FARINA |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: CLAUDIA AND THE NEW GIRL |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
TRULY TYLER |
TERRI LIBENSON |
BALZER + BRAY |
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9 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
FGTEEV SAVES THE WORLD! |
FGTEEV |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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11 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 4: THE DARK SECRET |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
CLASH |
KAYLA MILLER |
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN |
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20 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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21 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: LOGAN LIKES MARY ANNE! |
GALLIGAN, GALE |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of July 2021 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
July 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
July 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
NPD BookScan collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more. NPD BookScan covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market. The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we’ve removed those titles from the ranking above.
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the “BookScan Top 20 GN Index.”
Source: ICv2
