- Comedy
- Riley Wright collection
- Ages 7–9
Riley Wright
Part of the collectionRiley Wright→A funny, doodle-filled diary series for 7–9s about friendship wobbles, embarrassing parents and finding your people. Warm, relatable and hugely readable.
- Books3
- Arcs1
- Span2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
A journal-style comedy series for 7–9s told through Riley's doodle-filled diary, illustrated throughout by Sr. Sanchez. Riley is always wrong, or so it feels: she starts at Heverton Junior School with her embarrassing dad as head teacher, then hosts a nerve-wracking first sleepover and survives a school trip that goes hilariously sideways. Recurring threads run across the books — best friend Emmie, the meanness of Harper, and Riley's search for her place and her talent — while each story is a self-contained comedy of friendship worries and hard-won kindness. Warm, relatable and highly readable, it is aimed squarely at newly independent readers who love funny, illustrated diaries.
A funny, doodle-filled diary series for 7–9s about friendship wobbles, embarrassing parents and finding your people. Warm, relatable and hugely readable.
Best read in order (1–3) to follow Riley's friendships, but each book tells a self-contained story.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcLow sensitivity
Riley Wright's diaries
The three warm, funny Riley Wright diaries in order.
The three Riley Wright diaries, each a self-contained illustrated comedy tied together by a recurring cast and Riley's search for her place. Always Wrong introduces the school where her dad is head teacher and the looming talent show; Super Awkward Sleepover turns a first sleepover into a comedy of friendship worries once horrible Harper lands on the guest list; and Terrible School Trip sends the class off on an outing that goes predictably, hilariously wrong. Warm, doodle-filled and relatable, the books share a register of gentle friendship comedy and hard-won kindness.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–9
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 7–9
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