7 Elementary Book Series for Your School Library

If there’s one thing school librarians know, it’s that finding the right elementary book series can be a total game-changer for young readers! When students fall in love with a series, something magical happens.  Because the characters, settings, and vocabulary are already familiar, they can focus on following more complex storylines and exploring deeper emotional themes, all while building reading stamina, fluency, and comprehension along the way.

Literati Book Fairs bring together the best of both worlds when it comes to series books. You’ll find beloved favorites your students already know and love: InvestiGators, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the Food Group Series, and popular media tie-ins like Disney, My Little Pony, Hot Wheels, and Barbie. You don’t need me to tell you that many of your students want to see a new Roblox, Minecraft or Moana story when the book fair cases roll into your school. 

With Literati, your students can shop from favorite series and media tie-ins, but they’ll also find exciting new series just waiting to be discovered. With partnerships spanning a wide variety of publishers, Literati is dedicated to helping your students find their next great read, whether it’s a treasured favorite or a brand new obsession.

Here are seven series that elementary school students are currently loving at Literati Book Fairs. They are well worth adding to your school library collection.

Pocket Peaches by Dora Wang is a cozy, irresistible graphic novel series that your students will absolutely fall for! Centered on themes of friendship and self-acceptance, the adorable animal characters are just the beginning of what makes this series so special.

Here’s a feature that makes Pocket Peaches an extra thoughtful addition to your collection: the series uses a dyslexia-friendly font, making it a wonderful choice for a wide range of readers. Your campus reading specialist will be thrilled to have these titles on hand for students in reading intervention, and every student deserves a fun, feel-good series to call their own!

If your Dog Man fans are always asking for “something just like this one,” Bunny vs. Monkey by Jamie Smart might be exactly the elementary book series you’ve been looking for! This wildly popular graphic novel series from the UK is everything your most enthusiastic readers love: hilarious, wacky, inventive, and bursting with color on every page.

The premise is irresistible: Monkey is power-mad, gadget-obsessed, and hilariously incompetent, convinced that his spaceship has landed on a brand new world when really, he’s crash-landed in a nearby forest where Bunny is determined to keep the peace. It’s the kind of book that will have your students giggling out loud and reaching for the next one before they’ve even finished the first!

Get ready for some seriously magical cuteness! The Magic Pet Shop by Matilda Rose is a charming picture book series from the UK featuring the most wonderfully imaginative pets you’ve ever seen: like pugicorns, kitticorns, starwhals, and pandarinas. Beautifully illustrated and brimming with color, these stories are published in the US under the name When You Adopt series, so keep an eye out for both names when placing orders.

Each story weaves in a heartfelt SEL message about friendship and accepting differences, making this series as meaningful as it is adorable. A perfect addition to your read-aloud rotation and your social-emotional learning shelves!

From Marcus Emerson, author of the beloved Diary of a Sixth Grade Ninja, comes Kid YouTuber, a heavily illustrated chapter book series that is practically guaranteed to hook your most reluctant readers! Davy is determined to make viral YouTube videos with the help of his friends, and the adventures that follow (pranks, school lunch reviews, and undercover missions) are exactly the kind of fast-paced, hilarious fun that keeps pages turning.

This is one of those wonderful books to share with students who insist they don’t like reading. They won’t even realize they’ve become readers until they’re already asking for the next one!

If you haven’t yet discovered the Voice of the Wilderness elementary book series by Rosanne Parry, now is the perfect time to add it to your collection! These celebrated middle grade novels have earned spots on many state award lists, and it’s easy to see why. Told from the perspective of wild animals (including wolves, a whale, and a horse) each book plunges readers into the natural world through the eyes of a remarkable animal facing real challenges and adventures.

And here’s a wonderful way to introduce the series to your students: Rosanne Parry has recorded a captivating 12-minute video where she shares the inspiration behind her books and gives viewers a peek inside her writing office in a treehouse. Trust us, that detail alone will have your students hooked before they’ve even opened the first page!

For the dog lovers in your library (and there are always plenty of them!) Dog’s Purpose Puppy Tales by W. Bruce Cameron is a middle grade fiction series that will have your students’ hearts absolutely full. Each book follows a different puppy on a journey to discover its purpose, from becoming a therapy dog at a nursing home to working in search and rescue, all centered on the beautiful, unbreakable bond between dogs and their humans.

What makes this series especially library-friendly are the thoughtful extras tucked into each book: occasional illustrations, activity pages, and discussion questions that make these popular titles as useful for library read-alouds or book clubs as they are beloved by independent readers. This is a  wonderful series to have on your shelves and one your dog-loving students will come back to again and again!

If your students are always doodling in the margins of their notebooks, Drawing Chibi by Tessa Creative Art is the series they didn’t know they needed! These wonderfully engaging books guide young artists through step-by-step instructions for drawing adorable kawaii pets, food, fantasy characters, spooky creatures, and so much more, making them perfectly accessible even for beginners.

Beyond the pure fun of learning to draw, this series offers something that’s increasingly valuable in your library collection: a screen-free creative hobby that students can pick up, practice, and enjoy for years to come. If your drawing books are looking a little tired and dated, the Drawing Chibi series is exactly the refresh your art shelf has been waiting for!

Adding the right series books to your collection can truly transform the reading culture at your school, and I hope this list has given you some fresh, exciting options to explore! Whether your students are drawn to graphic novels, animal adventures, creative hobbies, or laugh-out-loud humor, there’s something on this list for every kind of reader. These Literati Book Fair favorites have already won over students across the country, and we have a feeling your school library will be no different. 

And if you’re looking for standalone titles to add to your elementary school library collection, check out this blog post about recent bestsellers!

Happy reading!