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For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Wimpy Kid trains a very specific reader: one who wants to laugh, distrusts anything that smells like homework, and loves a narrator who schemes. The classics below are what that taste grows into.
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What to read next
The series your kid just finished taught them to love something specific — magic with rules, a funny narrator, animals with lives of their own. Somewhere in the last century, a classic did that same thing first. Find the series, follow the thread.
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For fans of Dog Man
Dog Man readers are usually 6 to 9, laugh-driven, and loyal to pictures. The classics below keep the animals, the mischief, and the art — and shorten the leap from comic panels to chapters.
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For fans of Harry Potter
Harry Potter teaches a kid to love a complete other world with rules, a young hero who matters, and danger taken seriously. The classics below did those things first — and they're free.
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For fans of Percy Jackson
Riordan's engine is old: an underestimated kid pulled into a dangerous world, a quest with a deadline, companions who carry their weight. These classics run on it — and the myths Percy raids are free too.