TheComic Compass

Manga books for kids

8 award-winning books for kids. Award-winning comics from Japan and the rest of Asia.

Early readers4–7Kids8–12Teens13+Adults18+
Fantasy and magic33Science fiction19Superheroes9Memoir and real lives11History10Funny17Manga8Horror and spooky11Crime and mystery11Adventure23Friendship and school35Family29Animals21Science and the real world31

8 books

Cover of GutsWinner2020GutsRaina Telgemeier2020 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids winnerCover of Spy × FamilyNominee2022Spy × FamilyTatsuya Endo2022 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nomineeCover of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball RollsNominee2020Dog Man: For Whom the Ball RollsDav Pilkey2020 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids nomineeCover of New KidNominee2020New KidJerry Craft2020 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids nomineeCover of My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday WonderNominee2019My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday WonderNie Jun2019 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nomineeCover of Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground AbductorNominee2016Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground AbductorNathan Hale2016 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids nomineeCover of Stargazing DogNominee2012Stargazing DogTakashi Murakami2012 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nomineeCover of Cowa!Nominee2009Cowa!Akira Toriyama2009 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids nominee