Bone is a wonderful and charming comic series. The whole story is spread over nine books. I would recommend that you buy the nine book series over the single volume edition. First, because it is easy for pages to come off from a 1200+ page book and second, more importantly, the nine volume series is in glorious color instead of B&W for the single volume edition. Buy the whole series and read it together with your kids (ages 9+).

its d best comic saga on planet...for a variety of reasons:-
1>a truly magnetic plot
2>excellent mixture of commedy, suspense, adventure
3>sense of hummor by 'jeff smith' is certainly uncomparable…it tickles u almost every moment
4>best sketching u would ever see(hats off to jeff smith)
5>a wide range of characters perfectly fitting in their role
6>three bone characters with three different nature & temperament are brilliant
7>the whole story is absolutely lively.....as u pass through pages u...

I bought this for my kid brother and he absolutely adored it (and so did I). I'm always discouraging him from reading comics because it's not really the most ideal influence for growing vocabularies but I am so glad he's obsessed with this series.
Really checks all the boxes.

If you looking for a gift for 8-9 year old boys...buy the series and he will love you for life :)

the sort-of book that once you pick up, you can't stop reading till you've finished. wonderful illustrations and pace along with a fun story