Mouse Guard by David Petersen, because each character has a different answer to “why do I fight?” and because there’s an excellent Mouse Guard ttrpg by Luke Cra

Mouse Guard by David Petersen, because each character has a different answer to “why do I fight?” and because there’s an excellent Mouse Guard ttrpg by Luke Crane. The four conflicts are with weather, other animals, other mice, and the environment in general, and the level is violence isn’t necessarily bloody—-can be tuned to your group. The comics involve mice from different cultural backgrounds (fishing villages compared to inland towns, same language but different dialects), there are some female characters (Sadie, and Gwendolyn is the leader), and a mix of ages, from young hothead to wise greyfur. Some libraries carry these books in physical and electronic format.