Selected Publications
Author/Illustrator

My Favorite Bear
Andrea Gabriel
Charlesbridge
2003
My Favorite Bear is a reassuring, easy-to-read bedtime story for toddlers that sweetly introduces the eight species of bears around the world.

Wandering Woolly
Andrea Gabriel
Arbordale
2015
Publications Author: Little Woolly leaves her mother behind as she chases a toad down to the river. When the glacial ice breaks, she is swept away in the rumbling, rolling water. Now alone, the mammoth calf struggles to survive. She must sneak past cave lions, bears, saber-toothed cats and humans. Exhausted and afraid, she must […]
Illustrator

He’s Your Daddy
Charlene Profiri
Dawn Publications
2018
He’s Your Daddy is the perfect baby animals book for kids and the ideal fathers day book for toddlers!
Learning becomes fun with this book about animals and their babies. He’s Your Daddy details the different names given to certain animals and their young.

Daytime Nighttime All Through the Year
Diane Lang
Dawn Publications / Sourcebooks
2017
Animals are so busy! In daytime eagles dive for fish, lizards gobble insects, and tortoises dine on cactus flowers. When night falls, bats catch moths, crickets sing, and cougars prowl. Engaging rhymes describe the action through the cycle of every day and night, as well as through each month of the year. An “Explore More” section provides teachers and parents with lots of ideas to expand on the seasonal and nocturnal themes.

Eaglet’s World
Evelyn Minshull
Albert Whitman & Co.
2002
A gentle story of one little eagle who outgrows his space and faces his fear of change. It’s a story for any child who must face something new, something that seems scary because it has never been experienced before.

Little Gray’s Great Migration
Marta Lindsey
Arbordale
2014
Little Gray’s Great Migration Little Gray loved his lagoon and the humans who came to visit him there. One day, Mama announces that they must swim north to a far-away sea. At first he is sad to leave his home, but Little Gray soon realizes the importance of their journey. What happens along the way […]

Why Do I Sing?
Jennifer Blomgren
Sasquatch Books / Little Bigfoot
2013
Humans aren’t the only creatures with the urge to sing. Blomgren describes the wild songs of marmots, fin whales, meadowlarks, loons and others, imagining what might compel them….Gabriel’s big, rough-textured watercolors give a good sense of the particular beauty of the region.
—The New York Times

Where Would I Be in an Evergreen Tree?
Publications This story-in-verse explores the beauty of the Pacific Northwest through the ecosystem of an evergreen tree. The tree’s life cycle is illustrated by the variety of plants and animals it supports. Andrea Gabriel’s pastel images–soft greens, mellow blues, and cozy browns–perfectly complement the gentle, informative text. Jennifer Blomgren’s sensitive use of language–“Its tender young […]

Where Do I Sleep?
Jennifer Blomgren
Sasquatch Books
2001
This illustrated lullaby book features shimmering salmon fry, a long-legged baby moose, feathery eaglets, and fifteen other Northwest animals bedding down for the night (or day!). Rhythmic and soothing four-line stanzas describe the animals’ habitat and sleeping patterns. Children will love learning about the familiar creatures in this special book, a regional classic.
Short Fiction
- “About that Buck,” Flash Fiction Magazine, 2022
- “The Zoo,” Spring and All: A Red Wheelbarrow Writers Anthology, 2023