The worlds behind the words

Gallery of Characters

Step into the visual worlds behind the stories.

Sorcha, The Drow Queen

  • A silver-haired elf in a red hood
  • A white-haired elf beside a dark-haired elf man
  • A dark-haired drow in black armor

Alasa & Merry’s Adventures

  • Merry the mermaid with Sam and Hasan

    Merry, Sam & Hasan

  • Fira the Fire Fae in a forest

    Fira the Fire Fae

  • Alasa, with dragon wings, in a blue-green gown

    Alasa · Peril of the Mountain

Seraphina

  • A white-haired sorceress holding a red staff
  • A sorceress over a fire, a dark figure behind her

Emmy Crosses the Big Pond

  • The ship’s cook chopping carrots beside a girl
  • Knitting with an older woman on the ship’s deck
  • Reading on deck beside a sailor
  • A girl resting in her bunk aboard ship
  • Two children tying knots on deck
  • An old sailor telling stories to children
  • Trunks and chests in the ship’s hold

Can You Teach Me To Read?

  • A dragon reading with an old storyteller
  • A dragon and an elder on a mountainside
  • A dragon reading beneath an autumn tree
  • A dragon reading beside drummers

Adventures of Mira Mouse

  • Mira Mouse and Gary Gecko at the Taj Mahal
  • Gary Gecko
  • Mira Mouse flying her plane with Gary Gecko
  • Mira Mouse with children in carnival headdresses
  • Mira Mouse riding a camel

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