Category: Picture Books

Come along with Captain, a Blanding’s Turtle, and his friend, Blue Heron, on a wetlands adventure!

A collaboration between the Oregon Cartoon Project’s Katherine Richardson Bruna, Natalie Garcia, our 2024–2025 artist-in-residence, and a team of naturalists, Captain & Blue: A Story of Wetland Wonders tells the story of a species at risk of extinction, an unlikely friendship, and the work humans can do as environmental stewards.

Water holds a special meaning for many in Alaska Native villages. In Unalakleet, it is a source of life — providing fish, berries, and plants that sustain families, serving as a pathway for travel, and connecting people to the land, to each other, and to tradition. This book serves as a community record for the families of Unalakleet, preserving intergenerational stories about water and honoring the knowledge passed down through time.

A late winter storm came in May to Ames, Iowa, where Namsu lived. She learns seasonal ways of birds' care and love in an unexpected way.

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At the sudden news of the passing of a grandmother during the second-year of the pandemic, the narrator can't be with her grandmother and is hit by unprecedented grief, yet learns to say "Good-Bye."

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A young girl, Aari, is adopted by a lady who lost her only child. They together care for each other day by day. Aari stumbles forward from a corner and encounters the magical ways of the world through human love and through her inquisitive adventures with nature.

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Spend the day with Kitty and her love for unicorns as she learns to have fun while creating a healthy routine and good habits. She discovers that with a bit of imagination, one can enjoy the little things in life like washing dishes.

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Using a science comic format to engage readers of all ages, Mosquitoes SUCK! conveys essential information about mosquito biology, ecology, and disease transmission needed for community-based control efforts. Starting with a story of a dystopian mosquito-less future, Mosquitoes SUCK! travels back in time to depict the present-day work of a scientist in her lab and the curiosity of the students she works with as they learn about the history of mosquito-human interaction, science as an ever-evolving tool, and the need to balance cutting-edge preventative technologies with broader care for environmental stewardship.