How our Garbage Goat & Kid series brings Spokane to life?
Spokane's Storytellers
Garbage Goat, our one-of-a-kind city icon, and Kid, an ever-curious young goat, guide readers through beloved Spokane landmarks and traditions—turning each season into an opportunity for shared discovery.
Adventures through the Seasons
Readers experience classic Spokane seasonal moments: playing in Riverfront Park, exploring an apple orchard, making snow-goats, smelling spring blooms, and joining in community events. Each page invites children to step outside and see their world with wonder and excitment.
Intergenerational Exploration
As families journey through the story, they’re inspired to share memories and create new traditions together. This book connects across generations, offering a meaningful way to build belonging through shared experience and place.
From Mundane to Magical
What begins as everyday activity becomes the stuff of lasting childhood memory. With Garbage Goat and Kid as their guides, young readers discover that wonder and adventure are waiting in even the most familiar places.
Roots and Wings
Rooted in Spokane’s traditions, public art, and seasonal rhythms, these stories nurture a deep sense of place—and give children the confidence to explore, care for, and celebrate the hometown they call their own.
Beyond the Cover
The idea for this story was created from a love of the Pacific Inland Northwest, Spokane’s unique landmarks, and long standing local traditions. Wanting to pass this love along, we published our first children's book! Learn how a sculpture and a city became a story.
Places & Traditions
Spokane is rich with seasonal traditions and year round Inland Northwest fun!
Looff Carrousel
Spokane's Looff Carrousel arrived in 1909, but became the closest neighbor to Garbage Goat's grotto in 1975. The latest restoration of the menagerie and a new building was completed in 2018.
Green Bluff
Many would feel autumn in Spokane is incomplete without a trip to one of the farms on Green Bluff. Pumpkin picking, apple cider, tractor rides, corn mazes, and, of course, pumpkin donuts - the fun is endless for everyone!
Vista House
Mount Spokane draws in skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers, cross country skiers, and now flying-sledding kid goats! Every year this mountain transforms into a winter wonderland.
Manito Park
Established in 1904, this elaborate 90-acre city park boasts of beautifully landscaped gardens, including a Japanese Garden, Duncan Garden, and Rose Hill. a beloved destination for nature and seasonal events.
Bloomsday
Don Kardong started Bloomsday in 1977. This Spokane tradition outlived the 70s running craze and year after year, rain or shine or snow, Bloomies of all ages and shapes continue participating in this 12km road race.
Hoopfest
Between Gonzaga University's renown basketball teams and Hoopfest, the largest
3-on-3 basketball tournament in the nation, there is little guesswork as to why Spokane became Hooptown USA.
