Events
FALL DAY, ALL DAY STORY TIMES & SIGNINGS 2026
Upcoming Events:
Sat SEPT. 26, Shutesbury Library, 10:30 AM
Sat SEPT. 26, Amherst, Eric Carle Museum, 2 PM
Sat OCT 3, Boston, Roslindale Branch BPL
Sat OCT 10, Medford, Moon & Back 2:30 PM
Sun OCT 11, Cambridge, Porter Square Books, 9:30 AM
Tues OCT 20, Boston, Beacon Hill Books, 4 PM
SEPTEMBER 2026
SAT Sept. 26, 2 p.m. Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, MA. Join author/illustrator Kari Percival as she shares her new picture book, Fall Day All Day, a celebration of children playing and learning outdoors in autumn. Participants will enjoy a reading, followed by an opportunity to make leaf rubbings. Free with museum admission.
Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.
SAT Sept. 26, Join me 10:30 at the Shutesbury Public Library for storytime, hands-on nature activities, and free copies of HOW TO SAY HELLO TO A WORM while supplies last.
OCTOBER 2025
FRI Oct 10, from 11-3 pm – Brooklyn Children’s Museum – Fall Reading Festival with Rise Books and City’s First Readers to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Rise Books! Author Illustrator will read How To Say Hello to A Worm and lead a hands-on activity of a meet-and-greet with live garden worms! Register HERE
SEPTEMBER 2025
THURS Sept 4, from 4-7 PM – Endicott College, Hale Street, Beverly, MA. Join me for a panel of picture book creators and a reception for the gallery exhibition, up through September 19.
APRIL 2025
FRI April 25 at 10 AM – Skidompha Library Reading and signing with the Midcoast Conservancy and Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop Damariscotta.
March 2025
WED Mar 12 at 6 PM – Maine Big Night Kickoff at Maine Beer Company in Freeport.
SAT Mar 15 at 10 AM – SAFE CROSSING: Kari Percival & Spring Amphibians – Keene Public Library, Keene NH in collaboration with the Harris Center for Conservation Education and Toadstool Books. Spring Amphibians with Kari Percival: SAFE CROSSING story time, signing, local amphibian conservation info session with Conservation Biologist and Community Science Coordinator Brett Amy Thelen. Frog-calling contest and other fun, family-friendly activities. Register here with the Harris Center.
TUE Mar 25, 6-8 PM – Young Writers and Illustrators Meet, Greet & Create! At the Boys & Girls Club of Metro North’s Saugus location (at the Square One Mall next to Dick’s Sporting Goods. – A fun event where kids from toddlers to teens get a free book, meet authors and celebrate words and creative community!
April 15 Release of Cómo decirle hola a una lombriz: Primera guía al aire libre (How to Say Hello to a Worm: A First Guide to Outside) translated by award winning writer Yanitsia Cannetti from Penguin Random House
February 2025
SUN Feb. 23 at 2 PM – Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA. Special Story time with Kari Percival and amphibian migration presentation in with Katie Koerten of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment. See one of the true-to-life salamander tunnel inspirations for the book and find out how you can volunteer! Also collaborate on a spotted salamander art installation!
Feb: Writer’s Rumpus Author Illustrator Interview with Carol Gordon Ekster.
