Tried and true is the theme for the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for January (12/30/18 - 2/2/19) provided to ICv2.  Only one 2019 release makes the chart, and that’s the fifth volume of Judd Winick’s Hilo, a longtime favorite.

Aside from that, we’re in familiar territory all the way down the line.  Graphix dominates the chart with 16 titles, seven of which are Dog Man.  All four of Raina Telgemeier’s indy graphic novels are there, along with four Baby-Sitters Club adaptations, two by her and two by Gale Galligan.  Volume 8 of Amulet, subtitled Supernova, is in the 19th slot, and perennial favorites Big Nate and Phoebe and Her Unicorn make their monthly appearance as well.  The only new-ish book is Svetlana Chmakova’s Crush, which is on the chart for the third month in a row.  Crush is the third in Chmakova’s Berrybrook Middle School series, which has been slowly building an audience over the past two years.

So what’s not there?  Alex Hirsch’s Gravity Falls: Lost Legends has finally dropped off the chart, at least for now, as has the Internet phenom PopularMMOS Presents: A Hole New World.  Both did pretty well last year, so it will be interesting to see if they pop up again this year, or if the kids reach for another Dog Man or Baby-Sitters Club title instead.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – January 2019 (12/30/18 - 2/2/19)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

3

DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

4

DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

5

DOG MAN HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

6

DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

DRAMA

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

8

CRUSH

SVETLANA CHMAKOVA

JY

9

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 6

GALE GALLIGAN

GRAPHIX

10

MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS HC

LINCOLN PEIRCE

CROWN BOOKS YR

11

SMILE

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

12

PHOEBE & HER UNICORN BOOK 1

DANA SIMPSON

ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB.

13

SISTERS

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

14

DOG MAN BRAWL OF WILD HC (B&N EXC)

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

15

BIG NATE GOES BANANAS!

LINCOLN PEIRCE

ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB.

16

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 1

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

17

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 5

GALE GALLIGAN

GRAPHIX

18

GHOSTS

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

19

HILO BOOK 5 HC

WINICK, JUDD

RANDOM HOUSE YR

20

AMULET BOOK 8

KAZU KIBUISHI

GRAPHIX

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

For charts of January graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
January 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
January 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels

For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
January 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels with Actual Sales


NPD BookScan collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more.  NPD BookScan covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market.  The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we've removed those titles from the ranking above.

For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."