Top 10 Los Gatos Library Children’s Graphic Novels

1. Bone, Jeff Smith

Three modern cartoon cousins get lost in a pre-technological valley, spending a year there making new friends and out-running dangerous enemies.

2. Megaman NT Warrior, Ryo Takamisaki

Fifth-grader Lan Hikari and MegaMan unite to thwart the sinister organization World Three's quest to take over the world.

3. Avatar, Michael Dante DiMartino

When young waterbender Katara and her warrior brother, Sokka, rescue a mysterious boy named Aang, who is the last airbender and the long-lost Avatar, Katara and Sokka must make sure that Aang fulfills his destiny and saves the world.

4. Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure, Shigekatsu Ihara

Hareta, raised in the wild by Pokémon, decides to become a Pokémon trainer. Along with his first Pokémon Piplup and his new friend Mitsumi, he sets off in search of the legendary Pokémon Dialga, but Team Galactic is hunting for Dialga too.

5. Hikaru No Go, Yumi Hotta      

"Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal school boy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's attic-- and that's when things get really interesting.

6. Garfield Chews the Fat, Jim Davis

Who's back in the limelight again? It's Garfield! Leading the world in most naps snoozed per year, perfecting the art of eating without coming up for air, and discovering that dessert is the most important meal of the day.

7. Pokemon Adventures, Hidenori Kusaka        

Presents the adventures of Red as he tries to make friends with Pokemon as well as training them, while Team Rocket tries to steal his Pokemon at every turn.

8. Kamichama Karin, Koge Donbo

Karin is an average girl—at best. She's not good at sports and gets terrible grades. On top of all that, her parents are dead and her beloved cat Shi-chan just died, too. She is miserable--but everything is about to change. Little does Karin know that her mother's ring has the power to make her a goddess!

9. Garfield Dishes It Out, Jim Davis

The surest way to a cat's heart is through his stomach. Garfield knows this tasty fact from experience! After all, the only thing bigger than Garfield's heart (and his latest hearty slab of lasagna) is his darling "little" tummy.

10. Garfield Goes to Waist, Jim Davis

Whether he sneaks all the cookies, devours a refrigerator, or wrestles an easy chair to the ground, you have to expect the unexpected when you're in the presence of cat-genius.

—Compiled by Los Gatos Librarian Henry Bankhead