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Food & Friends: Graphic Novels For Elementary Age Kids

We’ve begun to notice a pattern in publishing lately. Graphic novels for elementary age kids that feature characters with punny food names (or even characters who ARE food). Perhaps the next series will be about Cheese (a mouse), Burr (a porcupine) and Grrr (a bear)? Turns out, most of those books are pretty great, so here’s a round-up of Food & Friends for you to enjoy! 

Cover of Pea, Bee & Jay: Stuck Toge
Brian
Smith
2020

An unlikely trio of friends, a bluejay, a bumblebee and… a tiny green pea. What adventures can they possibly enjoy together? So far there are 4 volumes, so apparently a lot!

Cover of Blue, Barry & Pancakes
Dan
Abdo
2021

Blue is a worm, Barry is a frog and Pancakes is a large… rabbit? They all live together in a tree house and care deeply for each other.

Cover of Peanut, Butter & Crackers:
Paige
Braddock
Kat Efird
2020

Peanut and Crackers and dogs, Butter is a cat. The arrival of a rowdy puppy, Peanut, disrupts Crackers’ and Butter’s formerly calm home.

Cover of Baloney & Friends
Greg
Pizzoli
2020

Unlike the other books, only two of the main characters in this series have food names (Baloney the pig and Peanut the horse are friends with Bizz the bee and Krabbit the grouchy, well, you can probably guess what kind of animal Krabbit is.). These books are lots of fun and filled with mini-stories to give beginning readers a greater sense of accomplishment at smaller intervals throughout the book.

Cover of Waffles & Pancake: Planeta
Drew
Brockington
2021

Waffles and Pancake are sibling kitties. In the first book they go to a science museum with their Cat Dad. Looking forward to more stories about these two!

Cover of Nugget & Dog: All Ketchup,
Jason
Tharp
2021

This series stars a loveable pair of friends who are a hot dog and a chicken nugget– not to be confused with Bean Dog & Nugget, which is a totally different series, written by Cherise Mericle Harper and starring a loveable pair of friends who are a hot dog and a chicken nugget. Not the same at all. Nope.

Cover of Sprinkles & Swirls: A Fun
Lola M.
Schaefer
Savannah Allen
2021

Two very girly cupcakes named Sprinkles and Swirls enjoy a day at an amusement park. How did they escape the bakery? Will anyone want to eat them after they feel sick after the dizzying rides? You’ll just have to read the book to find out.

Cover of Bunbun & Bonbon: Fancy Fri
Jess
Keating
2020

Another unlikely friendship, this one between a rabbit and a sugary treat. You might need to grab a box of chocolates to eat with this one. Although that might make you feel a little sad for the chocolates.

Cover of Cookie & Broccoli: Ready f
Bob
McMahon
2020

Cookie and Broccoli are exactly what they sound like and live in a world full of talking and walking food items. There are no people in this book at all which makes you wonder…. Did the food eat all the people?

Cover of Pizza & Taco: Who’s the
Stephan
Shaskan
2020

A slice of pizza and a talking taco star in this series about everyone’s two favorite foods. Who wouldn’t love that?