Dan Tavis

Dan Tavis has been doodling since his first math class in elementary school and was inspired to paint upon discovering Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. Watterson’s work remains a major influence. Dan is the illustrator of Common Critters (2020), The Whale Fall Café(2021), and Fluffy McWhiskers and the Cuteness Explosion (2021) and indulges his passion to illustrate characters that emotionally connect with the viewer and tell stories through visual narrative. Dan creates illustrations with watercolor, ink, and digital media.

Dan Tavis

Books by Dan Tavis

Common Critters: The Wildlife in Your Neighborhood
Pat Brisson, Dan Tavis
Hardback, 2020
Common Critters celebrates neighborhood wildlife in verse. A familiar cast of characters—worms, slugs, caterpillars, ladybugs, robins, mourning doves, houseflies, spiders, squirrels, skunks, and...
Whale Fall Café
Jacquie Sewell, Dan Tavis
Hardback, 2021
Common Critters: The Wildlife in Your Neighborhood
Pat Brisson, Dan Tavis
E Book, 2020
Common Critters celebrates neighborhood wildlife in verse. A familiar cast of characters—worms, slugs, caterpillars, ladybugs, robins, mourning doves, houseflies, spiders, squirrels, skunks, and...
Whale Fall Café
Jacquie Sewell, Dan Tavis
E Book
One medium-size whale carcass delivers as much food to the dark, cold ocean depths as 4,000 years of sinking food particles. When a dead whale arrives, the café opens for business and who better...
In a Patch of Grass
Fran Hodgkins, Dan Tavis
Hardback, 2023
A funny, rollicking take on a natural-history picture book, designed to entertain kids and the adults who read to them
In a Patch of Grass
Fran Hodgkins, Dan Tavis
E Book
A funny, rollicking take on a natural-history picture book, designed to entertain kids and the adults who read to them.
Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill
Matt Lilley, Dan Tavis
Hardback, 2024
Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill
Matt Lilley, Dan Tavis
E Book, 2022