Kate Wheeler

I love the art -- both the drawing style and the sheer whimsical vision -- that bed over the fireplace is gorgeous, and the landscapes and the goats... delightful. Also, this very much wasn't the story I expected to read and I appreciate its subversive nature. Encourages us all to think about who has power and benefits from it, and where we can be an ally rather than encouraging that type of exploitation. Original and extremely appealing.

Advanced Readers' Copy provided by Oni Press.

A note-taker and a doodler are paired up for a science project that seems them travel through time, gathering information on how humanity has dealt with the problem of trash and learned how to recycle. A few examples are from the distant past, but most are more recent. When the problem of plastic pollution seems too big to face, solutions and innovations are presented - along with the message that scientists and artists are both needed to come up with more ideas. Fun and informative!

This graphic novel follows two young students who are partners on a science project as they learn solutions for protecting the Earth from pollution. The pair travels through time and space, adding a fun and engaging element that young readers will enjoy.

International in nature, these ten short stories by writer Kate Wheeler are fantastical, absorbing, and bittersweet. Her characters are insecure, troubled and world-weary. Shaken by life's tragedies, they are each on journeys to a different place.
There is the American who becomes a nun in Burma only to find the chasm between her culture and the monastery too difficult to bridge. The woman in Buenos Aires who lives a life so mundane, she takes French lessons and conjures up a secret life. show more Wheeler's characters are each unique; priceless individual gems which shine in their own right.
Traveling the globe, they each seek home, their own sense of place. Each is a treasure, meant to be savored. Recommended for short story fans.
(Read June 2003) show less