Books

Riley Pledges to Wear a Helmet

Riley Wynn Pride’s big day has finally arrived. Today is the day she gets her shiny new bicycle! She has been dreaming and planning for this, and she knows exactly how her first ride will go. However, her friend Tony has different plans. Actually, Tony doesn’t have any plans at all, and that is what will make today’s ride so memorable.

Riley Pledges To Wear A Seat Belt

Saturday is the day Riley Wynn Pride likes to wake up late and go for a bike ride or play in the big purple barn. This Saturday is different because this Saturday is the first meeting of The Seat Belt Club. Riley and Tony discover a new room in the big purple barn, and they also discover a few important tips about seat belt safety.

Riley Pledges To Get Home Safely

Walking to school, riding your bike to school, taking the bus to school. They all have one thing in common: the need to be safe. Join Riley and her friends as they help some younger classmates get home safely from school. And help Brian keep an eye out for giant bloodthirsty lizards!

Riley Pledges To Laugh, Play, Heal, and Grow

Every year, more than 100,000 kids in the U.S are hospitalized or treated in the emergency department for burns. Childhood is never the same after that, and it takes something extraordinary to rebuild what was lost. The volunteers and campers of Great Lakes Burn Camp are indeed extraordinary. This book is for them. This book is about them. This book is for every childhood impacted by fire.

Riley Pledges to Ride with Pride

When the weather turns nasty, a lot of people don’t have to go to work or school. Some people, like Riley’s Aunt Bonnie, have to work even harder. Riley finds out how police officers really spend their day when a blizzard cancels school. And Tony? Well, he learns that catching a swamp goblin may not be as easy as it looks.

Riley Pledges to Get the Most Out of School

What does it mean to get the most out of school? The answer is probably different for each student but finding that answer unlocks the potential for everyone to learn, grow, and have fun. Riley and her classmates are in for a big treat when all the clubs, sports, and activities come to school for the day. And Tony? He may be in for the biggest treat of all.

Riley Pledges To Practice Gun Safety

It was a dark and stormy night. The perfect setting for a slumber party in the big purple barn. Riley and her friends are having a wonderfully scary time until they are joined by a stranger who puts everyone in a very dangerous situation.

Learn the simple and extremely important steps everyone can take to ensure gun safety. Be sure to use the Cartoonversation Card in the back of the book to help everyone stay safe.

Riley Pledges To Be Kind

Where do we find kindness? If we look for it, we notice that it is all around us. If we practice it, we learn that it is always within us. Riley’s first day of school is something she has always wanted – until it actually arrives. It may not be the day she wants, but it ends up being the day she needs.

When in Doubt, Don’t Go Out! (water safety book 1 of 3)

This bilingual flipbook is the first in a three-book series that is aligned with water safety tips from the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium. Take a look back – way back – at the Great Lakes region and see how much has changed over millions of years. With one exception: the importance of water safety.

Riley Pledges To Be A Survivor (water safety book 2 of 3)

A day at the beach can be the perfect end-of-summer treat. A day at the beach without understanding water safety can be something very different.

Join Riley, Tony, and Brian (and Pablo!) as they head out for the final swim of the summer. What starts out as a fun time for everyone quickly changes when rough conditions and rip currents appear.

Riley Pledges To Save Her Friends (water safety book 3 of 3)

The 17th annual Apple Creek Float Parade has arrived! Riley and her friends have been working on their rafts for the parade, and they are ready to celebrate with a great day on the water. The question is, are they ready to keep one another safe when the day takes a dangerous turn?

Zoo Pool

What can you learn from a trip to the wading pool with your friends? If you’re at the Paw Print Zoo, you can discover what you have in common and what makes you unique and interesting. You can also learn that not everything (or everyone!) is always as it appears to be.

Winner of:

• Educational Advertising Awards
• Healthcare Advertising Awards

Otto and Hannah Deed Succeed

Equity and equality. They are both very good things, but sometimes they get treated as if they are the same thing. Otto and Hannah Deed are both good too, but sometimes they also get treated as if they are the same thing.

Understanding equity helps us identify what we each need to succeed. And even though Otto and Hannah Deed are twins, they each need something unique to succeed. Just like you.

Winner of:

• Educational Advertising Awards

Ellis Belongs

Have you ever felt like you don’t really fit in anywhere? Ellis feels that way all the time, and that leads him to embark on a walkabout with a mysterious new friend. Along the way he will meet some new faces and some familiar faces. It’s up to him to decide which is which.

Winner of:

• Educational Advertising Awards
• Healthcare Advertising Awards

Fire Safety with Woodward and Willow: Get Out! Stay Out!

(Interactive Read-Along)

Fires happen fast, and fires can happen without any warning. That’s why it’s good to practice fire safety often and to remember the most important safety tip during a fire:
Get Out! Stay Out!

The young kits at Maplewood Elementary are receiving a visit from Captain Woodson, and they are well on their way to practicing fire safety with him. Well, not all of them. When fire breaks out on Birch Boulevard, Woodward and Willow quickly learn why it’s so important to understand fire safety.

Crawfish Cook-Off: Kitchen Fire Safety

(Interactive Read-Along)

LeBlanc’s Crawfish Cook-Off has the entire bayou buzzing. It also has the fire department on high alert. Three different kitchens with three different teams cooking and competing in front of a crowded restaurant – all under one tent. What could go wrong? Find out who wins the big prize and find out why fire safety in the kitchen is so important.

COVID Confidential: Microscopic Mission 42

(Interactive Read-Along)

No one will ever forget when COVID-19 changed the world. And everyone should always remember the important role they played in keeping people safe. For BB and the Undercover Microscopic Agency (UMA), the most important role is learning about the coronavirus army to discover their weaknesses. As BB gathers intelligence, he shares it with us so we can work together to defeat the army!

Winner of:

• Educational Advertising Awards
• Healthcare Advertising Awards

STATS Stories (Graphic Novel)

How do you talk to middle school students about vaping, alcohol, and drugs? That’s easy. Just let a bunch of high school kids do it. STATS Stories is an innovative and original graphic novel illustrated by Cartoonversation and written entirely by high school members of the DFC-funded program, STATS (Straight Talk About Tough Stuff). The Cartoonversation Card is still there. Inclusion through the use of creatures and critters is still there. And the desire to rescue childhood is definitely still there. If you’re trying to reach middle schoolers, you need to reach for STATS Stories!

Sticks and Bones: A New Path

Sticks and Bones are the best of friends, and they would do anything for one another. That includes searching high and low when Bones discovers his leg has left without him. Armed with her trusty Possibles Bag, Sticks is determined to help her friend overcome the everyday hurdles that anyone with a disability encounters – including those hurdles that often go unnoticed.

Never Again

When violence arrives, we have to be prepared for the best possible outcome. That means practicing safety measures over and over, and sometimes it means studying history to learn what went right and what could have been better. That’s what the students, families, and Sea Cadets in Port Townsend are doing today. They don’t want tragedy to strike their community, because one year ago today it did. Join our Sea Cadets as they work to make sure everyone is at their best by preparing for the worst.

Louis Ray Finds His Way - Gone Fishing

When someone in our life dies, we don’t lose them all at once. There are memories and reminders everywhere, and that can help us keep our loved ones in our hearts. Unfortunately, it can also make the path to healing confusing at times. Even though it’s been almost a year, there are days when it doesn’t seem real to Louis Ray. Today is one of those days.