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Graphic Novels About Space

My 10 year old son loves graphic novels. Sometimes concepts are easier to grasp in a visual format. Here are some space-themed ones that are fiction and non-fiction that he has enjoyed.

These books were read as part of our homeschool year when we focused on space for science. If you’re looking for reading material for a young space enthusiast, check out some of my other posts on the subject, maybe starting with Space-themed Novels for Kids.

Big Ideas That Changed the World: Rocket To the Moon! by Don Brown

My son enjoyed this entire series. They are graphic novels about big advances in technology and human ingenuity that changed the way we live in the world.

First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris

A fictional series from Mac Barnett, my son was laughing as he read. There are four books in this series and we actually used them as motivating rewards for completing units in math.

The Adventures of TinTin: Explorers on the Moon by Hergé

Ah! TinTin! I went to french immersion school as a kid and TinTin was one of the only comic books at our library. I got my son the space-themed one and he enjoyed it.

Strange Planet by Nathan W Pyle

Strange Planet is technically more for adults, but my son finds them quite amusing too. They are short comics about aliens who are defining things literally as what they are, so part of the joy of reading them is figuring out what they are talking about. For example, a smoke detector is a hot danger screamer.

Hilo by Judd Winick

Another fictional series that my son liked.

Science Comics – Solar System by Rosemary Mosco and Jon Chad

We really like this Science Comics series for communicating science concepts in an engaging way. Here are three that are space themed. My son has learned a lot from reading this graphic novel series. There are 34 of them, so this year we are using some of them as motivating rewards for completing school work.

Science Comics – Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd

Science Comics – Human Spaceflight by Andy Hirsch

I hope you found this list helpful as you look for reading material for a young space-loving reader in your life!

Warmly,

-Heather

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