Copper
10 best books like Copper (Kazu Kibuishi): Sidekicks, Jellaby, The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook, Cardboard, Jellaby: Monster in the City, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, The Stone Heart, It's Me., The Divided Earth, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe
| Author | Dan Santat |
| ISBN | 0439298199 |
INTRODUCING: METAL MUTT! STATIC CAT! AND... FLUFFY!?!
Captain Amazing, hero of Metro City, is so busy catching criminals that he rarely has time for his pets at home. He doesn't even notice when they develop superpowers of their own.
So when he announces that he needs a sidekick, his...
| Author | Kean Soo |
| ISBN | 1423103033 |
Quiet, brilliant Portia has just moved to a new neighborhood with her mom. Adjusting to life without a father is hard enough, but school is boring and her classmates are standoffish -- and even Portia's mom is strangely distant. But things start looking up when Portia mounts a late-night excursion into...
| Author | Eleanor Davis |
| ISBN | 1599903962 |
Super-smart Julian Calendar thinks starting junior high at a new school will mean he can shed his nerdy image-but then he meets Ben and Greta, two secret scientists like himself! The three form a secret club, complete with a high-tech lair. There, they can work to their hearts content on projects like...
| Author | Doug TenNapel |
| ISBN | 0545418739 |
Every page in Doug TenNapel’s Cardboard pops to life with color, action, imagination, and heart!
Cam and his Dad are going through a rough time. Both trying to find a way to live without Cam’s mother. Loneliness, grief, and fear show up throughout the story in heartbreaking quiet ways...
Jellaby: Monster in the City
| Author | Kean Soo |
| ISBN | 1423105656 |
As Portia, Jason, and Jellaby continue their journey through the city of Toronto, Portia is torn between her friendship with Jellaby and her duty to help the sweet monster find his way back to his home. How can Portia say goodbye forever, when Jellaby has become her best friend?
But the clues leading...
| Author | Luke Pearson |
| ISBN | 1907704256 |
In Hilda and the Midnight Giant, our protagonist finds her world turned upside down as she faces the prospect of leaving her snow-capped birthplace for the hum of the megalopolis, where her mother (an architect) has been offered a prestigious job. During Hilda's daily one-and-a-half hour trek to school...
| Author | Faith Erin Hicks |
| ISBN | 1626721599 |
Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political solution for the disputed territory of the City itself.
To complicate...
| Author | Jim Benton |
| ISBN | 1338326023 |
From New York Times bestselling author Jim Benton, meet Catwad! He's blue, he's a bit of a grouch, and his best friend is a dim-witted cat named Blurmp who can see the bright side of anything. From pizza and computers, to love and happiness, this crabby tabby has a funny take on just about everything, and...
The Nameless City—held by the rogue Dao prince Erzi—is under siege by a coalition of Dao and Yisun forces who are determined to end the war for the Nameless City once and for all. And the people of the city—the "Named"—are caught in between.
Meanwhile, Rat and Kai must infiltrate Erzi's...
Mouse Guard: The Black Axe
| Author | David Petersen |
| ISBN | 1936393069 |
Think of Lord of the Rings, mixed up with a bit of Game of Thrones with maybe even a dash of The Odyssey...with mice as the main characters. It sounds silly, but let me assure you, it's not nearly as silly as it sounds. This is a pretty serious fantasy adventure, and using mice, ferrets, and other animals as...
Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what's printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever.
But...
Hilda and the Stone Forest
| Author | Luke Pearson |
| ISBN | 1909263745 |
Hilda may be grounded, but that won’t stop her from heading off on another daring adventure! But everything is thrown off course when her mother catches her and is dragged along for the ride. Furious with each other, the bickering pair find themselves lost in the land of the trolls, forced to embark...
