With the release of the newest book in the series, Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man books once again grab the top spots in the chart of the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for August (8/4/19-8/31/19) provided to ICv2.

While other titles have made inroads in recent months, the mid-August release of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls put the canine crime-fighter back on top, with the seven titles in the series taking the top seven slots.

Coming in just behind the Dog Man run is Shannon Hale’s Best Friends (the sequel to her Real Friends), which was released by First Second Books in August.

Then there’s Just Jaime, the latest Terri Libenson book, which has solidified its hold on the top 20 since it came out last May.

The number 10 title is a head-scratcher, though.  CatStronauts: Mission Moon, the first volume of Drew Brockington’s five-book series, was published over two years ago and hasn’t appeared in the charts since ICv2 started keeping track.  Why is it charting now?  There doesn’t seem to be a movie or TV show in the works.  One reason may be the renewed interest in space with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, but it’s also possible that the release of the fifth book in late April stirred interest in the first as well.

The rest of the chart should look familiar: the Raina Telgemeier tomes, Jerry Craft’s New Kid (another new book that is a frequent flier in the top 20) the Minecraft-inspired PopularMMOS Presents Enter the Mine, and, bringing up the rear, the perennially popular Phoebe and Her Unicorn.
 

NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – August 2019 (8/4/19 - 8/31/19)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

3

DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

4

DOG MAN HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

5

DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

6

DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

8

BEST FRIENDS

SHANNON HALE

FIRST SECOND BOOKS

9

JUST JAIME

TERRI LIBENSON

BALZER & BRAY

10

CATSTRONAUTS: MISSION MOON

DREW BROCKINGTON

LITTLE BROWN YR

11

DRAMA

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

12

NEW KID

JERRY CRAFT

HARPERCOLLINS

13

SMILE

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

14

POPULARMMOS PRESENTS ENTER THE MINE HC

POPULARMMOS

HARPERCOLLINS

15

CAMP

KAYLA MILLER

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

16

SISTERS

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

17

GHOSTS

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

18

HEY, KIDDO

JARRETT KROSOCZKA

GRAPHIX

19

WINGS OF FIRE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL. 2: THE LOST HEIR

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

20

PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BOOK 1

DANA SIMPSON

ANDREWS MCMEEL

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

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

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