Events

January 2025

JAN 7: SAFE CROSSING arriving in shops! Ask your favorite local book shop to order you a copy.

Signed copies of SAFE CROSSING are available at Molly’s Bookstore in Melrose, MA and also The Gallery@57 Pleasant St. Malden, MA.

JAN 28: Let’s Talk Illustrators interview with Mel Schuit, of Let’s Talk Picture Books, Children’s Book Design & Illustration blog. Check it out here.

February 2025

SUN Feb. 23 at 2 PM – Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA. SAFE CROSSING Story time, book signing, and amphibian migration presentation in collaboration with the Hitchcock Center for the Environment. See one of the true-to-life inspirations for the book and find out how you can volunteer! Also collaborate on a spotted salamander art project.

Feb: Writer’s Rumpus Author Illustrator Interview with Carol Gordon Ekster.

March 2025

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. 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.

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