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17 Super Books About Superheroes

Adventure-seekers and reluctant readers will love the super guys, gals—and chickens—in this super collection.

By Scholastic Editors
April 8, 2024

It's exciting to see superheroes on the big screen — and just as thrilling to read about their derring-dos and heroic feats! These illustrated superhero books and graphic novels will introduce young readers to memorable heroes — and some brand-new heroes, too!  

For example, little readers will love Princess Truly #1: I Am a Super Girl! where they're introduced to the titular character. With the help of her rocket boots and magic sparkly curls, Princess Truly uses her smarts and her strength to save the day — especially when her best friend, Lizzie, isn't feeling so super herself. Will Truly help Lizzie feel her best?

Meanwhile, Mia Mayhem vs. The Super Bully sees Mia as she prepares for her relay race. But when a bully on her team makes her lose her shadow and start snapping at her friends, Mia must choose the higher road. Will she be able to be the super hero everyone needs? 

In The Bad Guys, everyone knows that Mr. Shark, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha are up to no good. But what happens when bad guys do the unthinkable: turn good? Join in the hilarious hijinks of this unlikely team of bad guys as they try to change their ways. 

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SuperKid on the Loose

Grades Pre-K
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Beginning readers will meet SuperKid, the neighborhood's spunky new hero. Fruits and veggies are his secret. (But, shh! Don't tell anybody!)

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Superhero Instruction Manual

Grades K - 2
$5.21$6.95
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Young readers can join an aspiring hero as he selects a secret identity, chooses a power, and much, much more. 

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Even Superheroes Have Bad Days

Grades K - 2
$6.71$8.95
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Action-packed illustrations and dynamite rhyming text reveal the many ways superheroes (and ordinary children) can cope when they're feeling overwhelmed.

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The Princess in Black

Grades 1 - 2
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Stopping monsters is no job for dainty Princess Magnolia. But luckily Princess Magnolia has a secret: She's also the Princess in Black, and stopping monsters is the perfect job for her!

Experience a laugh-out-loud day in the life of Spider-Ham! After long being derided by the citizens of New York, Spider-Ham has finally been recognized for his outsized contribution to the city's safety, and receives the key to the city from none other than the mayor (and, being a cartoon universe, the key actually unlocks New York City's political and financial institutions). Sure, it's just a publicity stunt for the beleaguered mayor-and yeah, maybe every single other super hero was busy that day -- but an award is an award!

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Kung Pow Chicken: Let's Get Cracking!

Grades 2 - 3
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Unlikely superheroes Gordon Blue and his brother, Benny, must save Fowladelphia from Granny Goosebumps, whose cookies are making the chickens lose their feathers!

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Mia is excited about her first superspeed training class, but a bully on her relay team leads her to lose her shadow and, worse, to snap at her friends.

George and Harold are best friends who enjoy making their own comic books. Together they've created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school: Captain Underpants! His true identity is SO secret, even HE doesn't know who he is!

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Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #1)

Grades 3 - 4
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Mr. Wolf. Mr. Shark. Mr. Snake. Mr. Piranha. They're bad guys, everybody knows that. They're scary and dangerous and...well, just bad. But these guys want to be heroes. And they're going to prove it by doing good deeds, like rescuing those dogs from the city pound. Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys when the dust settles?

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Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off

Grades 3 - 5
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Freddie Ramos is just an ordinary kid, but when he receives a mysterious pair of purple sneakers that give him super speed, he has the opportunity to be a hero.

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Miles Morales: Shock Waves

Grades 3 - 7
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Miles Morales is a normal kid who happens to juggle school at Brooklyn Visions Academy while swinging through the streets of Brooklyn as Spider-Man. After a disastrous earthquake strikes his mother's birthplace of Puerto Rico, Miles springs into action to help set up a fundraiser for the devastated island. But when a new student's father goes missing, Miles begins to make connections between the disappearance and a giant corporation sponsoring Miles' fundraiser. Who is behind the disappearance, and how does that relate to Spider-Man?

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SideKicks

Grades 4 - 6
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Look up in the sky! It's a bold new graphic novel about superhero pets!

Captain Amazing, superhero and savior of Metro City, is getting old. He's out all hours battling arch-villains, catching thieves, and helping little old ladies cross the street. He doesn't even have time for his house full of pets. He needs - a sidekick!

Captain Amazing's four pets agree. But each one of them thinks he should get the sidekick spot - and a chance for one-on-one time with the Captain. Get ready for sibling rivalry royale as pets with superpowers duke it out for the one thing they all want: a super family.

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In this new graphic adventure, Brooklyn"s Spider-Man deftly navigates a tangled web of problems after he"s asked to launch a video game.

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Flora & Ulysses

Grades 3 - 6
$6.74$8.99
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Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking, Newbery Medal-winning novel by Kate DiCamillo.

$18.74$24.99
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In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace.