FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES
Explore the Books
Discover illustrated adventures and fiction about courage, kindness, perseverance, belonging, and the world we share. Explore Bessie, meet Cateena, and look ahead to more stories.
ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOK
Bessie, an American Red Ranger Tale
Bessie is a bright red ranger with a heart as big as the open road, but being different isn’t always easy. When the other trucks tease her for standing out, Bessie begins a journey that helps her discover that the very things that make her different are also what make her special.
Warm, colorful, and full of heart, Bessie, an American Red Ranger Tale is an adventure story about kindness, courage, belonging, and learning to be proud of who you are.
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Cateena
An American Red Ranger Tale
Cateena draws readers into the cypress swamps, mangroves, and sawgrass of Southwest Florida. Through the eyes of a Florida panther, a changing wilderness becomes a story of survival, connection, and hope.
A young panther. A wild home. A story of survival and hope.
Working cover · Final artwork may change
THE AMERICAN RED RANGER TALES
Adventure, Heart, and a World Worth Exploring
The American Red Ranger Tales blend adventure, imagination, and the natural world into stories about courage, friendship, belonging, and discovery. Sometimes Bessie leads the way. Sometimes the animals and places she encounters take center stage. But every tale begins with curiosity and the idea that there is always more to discover just beyond the next bend in the road.
ADVENTURE
Journeys into unfamiliar places, unexpected encounters, and new discoveries.
HEART
Stories about courage, kindness, friendship, belonging, and being yourself.
THE NATURAL WORLD
Wildlife, habitats, and real places woven into stories that invite young readers to look a little closer.
More Tales Are Ahead
Bessie’s road is only beginning. Future American Red Ranger Tales may carry her from the cypress swamps and mangrove islands of Southwest Florida to coral reefs, quiet bays, distant coastlines, forests, rivers, and wild places across America.
Along the way, new animals, new friends, and new challenges will open the door to stories about discovery, conservation, courage, and the remarkable world we share.
In development: Cateena for children
A separate illustrated children’s edition of Cateena is in development. It will introduce young readers to a Florida panther and the changing wilderness of Southwest Florida.