Pack a snack. Grab the map.
Adventure is waiting
The Whiskers family is loading up the Wander Wagon and setting out to see all fifty states — one story, one campfire, one small wonder at a time. Come meet them, and find out where the adventure begins.
Our whole reason for doing this
To help families explore together, learn together, and make memories that stick.
Our hope is that every Wander Whiskers story inspires your own family's next adventure — whether that's across the country or just down the road.
Meet the Whiskers
Five cats. One Wander Wagon. Endless adventures.
They stop for every roadside oddity, argue about the radio, and have never once left a campsite on time. Somewhere between the wrong turns and the long way round, they have become very good at being together.
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Keeper of the itinerary
Mama
Mama keeps the Wander Wagon running on equal parts patience, planning and snacks. She maps out just enough of each trip to get everyone there, then leaves the rest open — because the best memories are usually the ones nobody planned.
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Driver, historian
Daddy
Daddy never passes a scenic overlook or a historical marker without pulling over. He knows the story behind almost every place the family stops, and he's happiest when someone asks him to tell it.
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Navigator, eldest
Finn
Finn keeps the paper map on his lap and the next turn in his head. He's the one asking what's over the ridge and how far it is to the river — and he always knows which road is the prettier way round.
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Collector, middle
Saige
Saige notices the things everyone else walks straight past. Her journal fills up with sketches, pressed wildflowers and small careful notes, with a page saved for every state the family visits.
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Youngest, official greeter
Milo
Milo has never met a stranger, a puddle he didn't splash in, or a marshmallow he didn't drop straight into the fire. He waves at every passing car, and most of them wave back.
Meet the Wander Wagon
Home is wherever the adventure parks.
It creaks. The awning sticks. The third step has been "getting fixed" since Arkansas. It is also where every one of these stories actually happens — the maps spread across the table, the rain on the roof, the last word before everyone falls asleep.
The particulars
- Sleeps
- Five, or four once Milo starfishes
- Top speed
- Whatever Daddy feels good about
- Kitchen
- One skillet, endless pancakes
- Rule
- Whoever spots the state line first picks dinner
Book one · In the works
A New Beginning
where it all starts
Meet the Whiskers family, the Wander Wagon, and the morning they decide to go.
The books
Every great adventure begins with a single mile.
In A New Beginning, you meet the Whiskers family on the morning everything changes — the day they decide to go. Home is a quiet corner of Arkansas, the Wander Wagon is packed, and nobody is entirely sure what happens next.
Every book after it takes on a new state, with the landmarks, wildlife, history and small local details woven into a story a child will actually want to hear again tomorrow night.
And every book ends with a clue. Somewhere in the last pages there's a hint about where the Wander Wagon is headed next — a license plate, a postcard, something on the map. Half the fun is guessing before the next one arrives.
The Founding Families
The families who make the next book possible.
Wander Whiskers is written, drawn and packed up by one family at a kitchen table. There's no publisher behind it and no budget waiting in the wings.
The Founding Families are the ones who back the series early. Their support is quite literally what pays for the next book — and they get to help shape it along the way.
- Early looks at artwork and story drafts
- A say in which state the Whiskers visit next
- Printables and activities before anyone else
- Your family's name in the back of the first book
Become a Founding Family
Every dollar goes back into the books. Here's exactly where it lands:
- Paying an illustrator properly — far and away the biggest cost
- Printing the first run
- Keeping every printable free to download
- Getting books into classrooms and small libraries
Not able to give right now? Pull up a chair at the campfire — that helps too.
Bring it home
Things to do before, during and after the trip.
Free printables and small ideas that turn a story into a real afternoon outside. Made for a kitchen table, a back seat, or a picnic bench two hours from home.
Campfire coloring pages
The Whiskers family, the Wander Wagon, and one very patient campfire — ready to print.
Coming soonMy travel journal
A foldable notebook for kids: what we saw, what we ate, the best thing that happened.
Coming soonLicense plate hunt
All fifty, one checklist. The oldest road game there is, and still undefeated.
Coming soonState fact cards
One card per state: the bird, the tree, the strange thing nobody tells you about.
Coming soonThe campfire
Pull up a chair.
Once in a while we send a note from the road — a new page, a peek at the next state, a printable for the weekend. No noise, no selling. Just what's happening.
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