This is a list of Batman children's books, picture books published in the United States, beginning in the year 2008.
# | Title | Author | Publisher | Date | Genre | Length | |
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1 | The Dark Knight: I Am Batman | Catherine Hapka | HarperCollins | June 3, 2008 | Children's picture book, Superhero, Action-adventure | 32 pp | |
Based on the 2008 blockbuster film The Dark Knight, Batman sees the Bat-Signal and then goes after the Joker. | |||||||
2 | The Dark Knight: Batman's Friends and Foes | Catherine Hapka | Turtleback Books | June 3, 2008 | Children's picture book, Superhero | 29 pp | |
Describes the work that Batman does keeping Gotham City safe, those who help him in that work, and fights his enemies. | |||||||
3 | The Dark Knight: Batman versus the Joker | N.T. Raymond | HarperFestival | June 3, 2008 | Children's picture book, Superhero | 24 pp | |
Batman tries to stop Joker's crime spree. | |||||||
4 | The Dark Knight: Batman Saves the Day | Jennifer Frantz | HarperFestival | June 3, 2008 | Children's picture book, Superhero, | pp | |
Bruce Wayne's friends throw him a birthday party. But a surprise guest shows up to spoil the fun—it's the Joker! Can Batman get there in time to save the day? | |||||||
5 | Catwoman's Classroom of Claws | Scott Sonneborn | Capstone, Inc. | August 2009 | Children's picture book | 56 pp | |
6 | Arctic Attack | Robert Greenberger | Capstone, Inc. | August 2009 | Children's picture book, Superhero, Action-adventure | 56 pp | |
Batman and Robin go after Ra's al Ghul who is causing disasters in the environment. | |||||||
7 | Batman: Meet the Super Heroes | Michael Teitelbaum | HarperCollins | December 2009 | Children's picture book | 32 pp | |
8 | Batman Classic: Gotham's Villains Unleashed! | John Sazaklis | HarperFestival | December 22, 2009 | Children's picture book | 24 pp | |
Batman and Robin try to stop Joker and released Arkham Asylum inmates. | |||||||
9 | Terror on Dinosaur Island! | Jake Black | Grosset & Dunlap | January 2010 | Children's picture book | 48 pp | |
This is based on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Batman and Plastic Man try to stop Gorilla Grodd's plan to de-evolve humans. | |||||||
10 | The Eyes of Despero! | Jake Black | Grosset & Dunlap | May 2010 | Children's picture book | 48 pp | |
11 | Batman Classic: Feline Felonies | John Sazaklis | HarperFestival | June 2010 | Children's picture book | 24 pp | |
Batman and Wonder Woman team up to stop Catwoman and Cheetah. | |||||||
12 | Trapped in Time | Tracey West | Grosset & Dunlap | September 2010 | Children's chapter book | 80 pp | |
This is based on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. This is a choose your own path book. | |||||||
13 | Batman Classic: Batman and the Toxic Terror | Jodi Huelin | HarperFestival | March 1, 2011 | Children's picture book, Superhero, Action | 24 pp | |
Gotham City is going green! People everywhere are turning into trees, and it's all the work of that vile, plant-loving villainess Poison Ivy. Will Batman fall victim to her thorny vengeance or can he nip this scheme in the bud? | |||||||
14 | Batman Classic: Dawn of the Dynamic Duo | John Sazaklis | HarperCollins | November 1, 2011 | Children's picture book, Superhero | 32 pp | |
Batman and Robin go up against Two-Face. | |||||||
15 | Batman Classic: Reptile Rampage | Katharine Turner | HarperCollins | April 17, 2012 | Children's picture book, superhero | 32 pp | |
A Gotham City hospital is being terrorized by Killer Croc, and it's up to Batman to save the day! Can the Caped Crusader clean the city sewers of this rotten reptile? | |||||||
16 | Batman Classic: Fright Club | John Sazaklis, Jeremy Roberts | HarperFestival | May 29, 2012 | Children's picture book, Superhero story | 24 pp | |
The Joker and Harley Quinn have joined forces with the Scarecrow and Mad Hatter and are terrorizing the citizens of Gotham City. Can Batman and Robin put the Fright Club out of business or will they fall prey to the madness and mayhem as well? | |||||||
17 | Batman Classic: Batman versus Man-Bat | J.E. Bright | HarperCollins | August 28, 2012 | Children's picture book, Superhero, Action | 32 pp | |
When a half-man, half-bat creature attacks Gotham City, the police think Batman has gone mad. To clear his name, Batman has to defeat the fiendish foe. | |||||||
18 | Batman Classic: The Penguin's Arctic Adventure | Donald Lemke | HarperFestival | December 23, 2014 | Children's picture book, Superhero | 24 pp | |
When Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, also known as the Penguin, opens an exotic animals garden in Gotham City, Batman investigates to discover if the garden has a connection to the businessmen in town who have gone missing. With Robin's help, the World's Greatest Detective must stop the Penguin and the evil sorceress Circe —or else the Dynamic Duo might become part of the exhibit, too. | |||||||
19 | Batman Classic: Nightmare in Gotham City | Donald Lemke | HarperFestival | May 12, 2015 | Children's picture book, Superhero, Thriller, Action | 24 pp | |
When the Gotham City Police Department hosts a special Halloween haunted house, one of Gotham's darkest criminals turns this spooky evening into a night of terror. It's up to Batman to stop Scarecrow and put this nightmare to bed. |