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Here Are the Hilarious and Action-Packed Books in The Bad Guys Series

These entertaining graphic novels will encourage your students to read more!

By Scholastic Editors
November 11, 2024

Graphic novels are a great way to encourage your students to read more and build important literacy skills. The Bad Guys is a graphic novel series with captivating illustrations and laugh-out-loud storylines — perfect for engaging both striving and avid readers. 

In this series, the main characters are doing the exact opposite of what bad guys are known for: good things. Filled with heists and other hijinks, the characters get into wacky situations, like encountering aliens and getting stuck in a zombie kitten apocalypse

These humorous books are not only entertaining, but they also help your students build important social-emotional skills, like kindness and respect. The lessons about friendship in The Bad Guys will also inspire your students to apply those concepts in real life. 

In the penultimate book of this hit series, The Bad Guys #19: The Serpent and the BeastBig Bad Wolf has had enough. He enlists fellow bad guys Shark, Snake, and Piranha to join him in his ill-fated effort to cross over to the good side! 

And don't miss the grand finale!The Bad Guys in One Last Thing is the 20th and last-ever book in the beloved series. Pre-order your copy today to find out how it all ends. 

Shop all the books in The Bad Guys series below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store

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Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #1)

Grades 3 - 4
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Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys when the dust settles?

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The Bad Guys' next mission is busting chickens out of captivity! But they're up against sizzling lasers, a feisty tarantula, and their very own Mr. Snake, who's also known as the Chicken Swallower. What could possibly go wrong?

 

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In this hilariously illustrated series, Big Bad Wolf has had enough. He enlists fellow bad guys Shark, Snake, and Piranha to join him in his ill-fated effort to cross over to the good side!

 

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It's a zombie kitten apocalypse! Can the Bad Guys save the world from evil Dr. Marmalade's meowing monsters?!? They'll need help from foxy Agent Fox, a swampy secret zombie antidote, and the feistiest, toothiest, hungriest granny around. Get ready to watch the fur fly!

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The Bad Guys are back to save the world in their fifth adventure. They might have to "borrow" a rocket. And Mr. Piranha miiiight have eaten too many bean burritos. Surviving this mission may only be one small step for man, but it's one giant leap for the Bad Guys.

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The Bad Guys are vanishing! A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing them, one by one. Is this the end for the Bad Guys? Maybe. Will it be funny? You bet your butts it will!

In this hilariously illustrated series, Big Bad Wolf has had enough. He enlists fellow bad guys Shark, Snake, and Piranha to join him in his ill-fated effort to cross over to the good side!

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Bad Guys in Superbad (The Bad Guys #8)

Grades 2 - 5
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The Bad Guys have strangely acquired superpowers! But their powers might be, well, defective. They can only do things like blow their own pants off in public. Not exactly what you'd call hero-caliber skills.

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In this latest installment of the New York Times best-selling series, everyone's favorite hero has become a menace to society! Can the Bad Guys save the day?

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It's not looking good for the Bad Guys! Marmalade's villainous forces have victory in their grasp, and world domination is just moments away. Our heroes are down, defeated, and desperate. But in these darkest of times, unity is the only option.

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The Bad Guys—sorry, Shadow Squad-G—have finally saved the world from butt-handed evil. And now it's time to celebrate! But when one member of the team makes a shocking discovery, the party might be over sooner than everyone thinks...

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Seriously, WHAT is going on with Snake?! Terrible powers have been revealed! Evil allies have materialized! Inter-dimensional doors have opened! Shady-looking cloaks have been purchased! What is his deal?!

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The Bad Guys have entered a whole new world—like, literally—a VERY nasty new universe awaits. Oh, Mr. Snake, what have you done...?

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POP QUIZ! You are on the roof of a skyscraper. Every floor of that building has nasty things that just don't like you. And you REALLY need to get to the basement. Whaddaya do?! (And no, you can't just join the B-Team and fly away in their glamorous new spaceship.) Think quick, chico, because the multiverse is getting worse!

In this wildly popular and hilariously illustrated series, Big Bad Wolf and his fellow bad guys Shark, Snake, and Piranha to join him in his ill-fated effort to cross over to the good side!

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There's now a whole bunch of even weirder stuff involving an over-sharing bat, a really scary new character who lives in the woods, and a strangely confident little guy with a mullet.

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In this hilariously illustrated series, Big Bad Wolf has had enough. He enlists fellow bad guys Shark, Snake, and Piranha to join him in his ill-fated effort to cross over to the good side!

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Forget what you know. This book changes everything. Someone’s found her voice and she has A LOT to tell you. Take a deep breath, hermano, it’s the 18th installment of THE BAD GUYS!

 

If their life was a series, this would be the end. Ready? The multiverse is about to get dark. Real dark.

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Get ready for the final installment of the beloved series. 

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The Bad Guys Movie Novelization

Grades 2 - 5
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Discover all you need to know about the baddest guys around in this all-new novel based on the major motion picture!

In this novelization of the events of The Bad Guys holiday special, there's nothing The Bad Guys love more than Christmas morning - because while everyone is home opening presents, it's the perfect time to execute a city-wide holiday heist. It's the crew's favorite yearly tradition! But when Christmas is unexpectedly canceled, The Bad Guys must do the unthinkable: reignite the city's holiday spirit by giving instead of taking.

Join the Bad Guys in this funny fill-in based on the major motion picture. Pick up a pencil and create your own laugh-out-loud moments with Mr. Wolf and the gang. This book has over a dozen fun fill-in stories starring the Bad Guys who really just want to be good!

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