Cabin Head and Tree Head
Part of the collectionCabin Head and Tree Head→Best for young comic readers who want gentle, silly, feel-good vignettes about friendship and kindness in a delightfully strange object-headed world.
- Books2
- Arcs1
- Span2025–2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
An episodic graphic novel comedy series by Scott Campbell, set in a whimsical world where every character has an object on their head. Each book gathers six self-contained adventures for best friends Cabin Head and Tree Head, playing games, sharing tacos, making art, hitting the beach, taking up fitness and helping each other through small everyday troubles, alongside a cast of neighbours like Pool Head, Telephone Pole Head and Gym Head. There is no overarching plot; the joy is in the strange, sweet, unpredictable creativity of each vignette and the unshakeable warmth between the two friends. Campbell brings the same charm that made his picture books favourites, keeping friendship, kindness and simple joys at the heart of every episode. Warm, witty and wonderfully odd, it is a gentle, highly accessible read that rewards reading aloud.
Best for young comic readers who want gentle, silly, feel-good vignettes about friendship and kindness in a delightfully strange object-headed world.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Warm
- Whimsical
Order does not matter. Each book is a standalone collection of self-contained adventures, so start wherever you like, though the first book introduces the world and its cast most fully.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcLow sensitivity
Cabin Head and Tree Head adventures
Two object-headed best friends share dozens of short, silly, kind-hearted comic adventures across a wonderfully odd world.
The Cabin Head and Tree Head books are fully episodic, so they sit together as one standalone collection. Each volume offers six comedic, self-contained adventures for the object-headed best friends: the first introduces their world of playing games, sharing tacos, making art and weathering small mishaps like a very bad leafcut, while the second sends them to the beach, on a quest for peace and quiet and into an enthusiastic fitness kick, adding new faces such as Pool Party Head and Gym Head plus bonus vignettes. There is no continuing storyline to follow, only the same warmth, whimsy and gentle absurdity from book to book, all anchored by the friendship, kindness and everyday joy at the heart of Scott Campbell's strange, sweet world.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–9
- Read aloud · 5–8
- Independent · 6–9
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
About the author