Comic Book Maker

Pick what they love and their reading level, get a decodable comic with panels and speech bubbles.

Some kids will not read a page of plain text but will read a comic three times. You type the interest (robots, soccer, a cat who is secretly a spy), pick the reading level and set the number of pages. Out comes a comic with panels, speech bubbles and short lines the child can actually decode at that level. Print it on A4, fold it in half and it looks like a comic from the newsagent. The pictures do a lot of the work, so it suits the reader who wants a story without a wall of words. It is a reader, not a graphic novel.

What’s inside

  1. Check the interest, reading level and page count
  2. Write the panel script and the speech bubbles
  3. Draw the panels and the characters
  4. Lay out the panels and place the bubbles
  5. Check the words match the reading level
  6. Pack the comic PDF for download

What you’ll bring

  • interest or theme
  • reading level
  • number of pages

What you’ll get

  • comic book PDF

Perfect for

  • Parents at home
  • Teachers planning a lesson
  • Tutors and learning support staff

What it makes

A real page made by Comic Book Maker
An actual page from a test run, not a mock-up

Also found as

comics for reluctant readers · decodable comic books · make a comic book for kids · comic reading for early readers

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