There, they expect a warm welcome but instead, they are met with the complete opposite in the shape of thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits, and a whole host of unusual characters. Try Grimwood by Nadia Shireen for more madcap moments when two sibling foxes flee to the countryside to escape the evil exploits of the local bully cat.
But if you’re looking for other animals that have their own tales to tell.
The Bad Guys’ crew consists of animals that are usually portrayed as villains in stories: Mr. Go undercover with them on their first mission together with their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, as they have not one but two mysteries to solve!
There are several collections of the duo’s crazy adventures in the series so far and you can read them in any order you like, although starting with the first will help to give you their back story!Īnother goofy graphic novel series is InvestiGators by John Patrick Green, which follows two super spy alligators as they travel through the sewers and fight the forces of evil. So howl with laughter with Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (the creator of Captain Underpants) which has the same sense of side-splitting humour that The Bad Guys has, as you follow the crime-solving antics of Dog Man as he tries to save the day.Ĭheck out the equally funny full-colour graphic novel, Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart, in which Bunny and his friends live a lovely life in the forest until Monkey’s rocket crash-lands and he decides to take over. The Bad Guys is an illustrated children's graphic novel series, and every child should have the chance to read graphic novels and comics alongside fiction, non-fiction, poetry and picture books. If you know children who have loved reading these laugh-out-loud tales or have just watched the film, check out our recommendations about What to Read After… For more comic-book style capers… If your children have loved reading the brilliant Bad Guys series, we've got plenty more suggestions of stories that they’ll like.Īaron Blabey’s anarchically-funny Bad Guys series about a gang of shady animals who try to go good to change society’s perceptions of them as career criminals is extremely popular with children, so much so that it’s recently been adapted into an animated movie.
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