A Family for Faru – author Anitha Rao-Robinson and illustrator Karen Patkau, Pajama Press, 2020

LAKE: A See to Learn Book– author Kate Moss Gamblin and illustrator Karen Patkau, Groundwood Books, 2020

FOREST: A See to Learn Book– author Kate Moss Gamblin and illustrator Karen Patkau, Groundwood Books, 2019

Triceratops Stomp – author/illustrator illustrator Karen Patkau, Pajama Press, 2019

One Hungry Heron – author Carolyn Beck and illustrator Karen Patkau, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2014

WHO NEEDS A DESERT? A Desert Ecosystem – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2014

WHO NEEDS A PRAIRIE? A Grassland Ecosystem – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2014

WHO NEEDS A REEF? A Coral Reef Ecosystem – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2014

A Good Trade – author Alma Fullerton and illustrator Karen Patkau, Pajama Press, 2012, BookInMyLife Publishing, Korea, 2014

WHO NEEDS A SWAMP? A Wetland Ecosystem – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2012

WHO NEEDS A JUNGLE? A Rainforest Ecosystem – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2012

WHO NEEDS AN ICEBERG? An Arctic Ecosystem – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2012

One Watermelon Seed – author Celia Barker Lottridge and illustrator Karen Patkau, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008

CREATURES Yesterday and Today – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2008

CREATURES Great and Small – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Tundra Books, 2006

Sir Cassie to the Rescue – author Linda Smith and illustrator Karen Patkau, Orca Book Publishers, 2003

Python Play and Other Recipes for Fun – author Robert Heidbreder and illustrator Karen Patkau, Stoddart Kids, 1999

In the Sea – author/illustrator Karen Patkau, Annick Press, 1990

Seal is Lost – author Priscilla Galloway and illustrator Karen Patkau, Annick Press, 1988

Ringtail – author/illustrator Karen Patkau and poet Patricia Sillers, Oxford University Press, 1987

One Watermelon Seed – author Celia Barker Lottridge and illustrator Karen Patkau, Oxford University Press, 1986

Don’t Eat Spiders – author Robert Heidbreder and illustrator Karen Patkau, Oxford University Press, 1985