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Kari Percival

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Author Illustrator, SAFE CROSSING, Chronicle Books, 2025 Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer, How to Say Hello to A Worm, Rise x Penguin Workshop Repped by @bookmarklitereary

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Nov 26

- "Sumptuous in text and image... Percival celebrates the wonder of biodiversity - alongside the passion and hard work that animate conservation efforts."- PW.
Thrilled to share this #starredreview for SAFE CROSSING, about #amphibianconservation volunteers. Thank you, #publishersweekly! #kidlit

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · May 30

Just arrived in the mail! SAFE CROSSING printed in Traditional Chinese. Just WOW! From Goetz Books, an imprint of Walkers Cultura, in collaboration with Chronicle Books. Thank you!!! @chroniclebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooktranslation

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · May 24

Time to go back to writing with paper and pencil and using real reference books.

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · May 20

Thanks to the Malden Girl Scouts and Mass DCR for putting up a story walk of SAFE CROSSING, my new #picturebook about #amphibianconservation and #citizenscience at Greenwood Park. We had so much fun reading it together! #kidlit #authorvisit

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · May 15

A new paper shows humanity *can* live within planetary boundaries, with a massive *however*: "Although such measures are technically feasible ... it is an open question whether they can also be implemented based on social or institutional feasibility considerations."

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · May 15

With current trends and policies, we'll transgress all planetary boundaries in 2050, except for ozone depletion. Targeted interventions — e.g., the Paris Agreement — can help, but not enough. More effective policy measures are needed to ensure we live well within the planetary boundaries.

Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries

Nature - Current trends imply that we will transgress most of the planetary boundaries by 2050; however, ambitious, urgent and universal action to ameliorate climate change and increase resource...

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Chris McDermott @chrismcdermott.bsky.social · May 13

“We’re not just talking about lifting people out of extreme poverty; we’re looking at futures with high development ambition, ensuring decent living standards as a minimum for everyone worldwide.” @kikstra.bsky.social, @iiasa.ac.at

It’s Possible to End Global Poverty Without Compromising Climate Goals, New Research Shows - EcoWatch

Ensuring that everyone on Earth has a decent standard of living is possible in accordance with reducing emissions quickly and decisively.

www.ecowatch.com

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · May 10

Third graders got busy sculpting the life cycle stages of spotted salamanders with play-dough during my author visit! Thanks so much to the Mass Center for the Book for inviting me to be part of Mass Kids Lit Fest this year! #masskidslitfest #kidlit #megakidlit

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · May 5

#PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek SAFE CROSSING by @karipercival.bsky.social (@chroniclebooks.bsky.social) "2 double-page spreads of back matter, seek-and-find endpapers, + scientific captioning throughout make this bk as informative as it is beautifully illus + designed" www.hbook.com/story/review...

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · May 4

I helped a teeny tiny eastern newt off the street on my morning walk. Of course I thought about @karipercival.bsky.social and Safe Crossing bookshop.org/p/books/safe... #kidlit

Safe Crossing

Check out Safe Crossing - <b>How does an amphibian cross the road? With the help of the Amphibian Migration Team! Learn all about a citizen scientist who acts as a crossing guard for migrating amphibi...

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · May 4

Wow! Cool Gina!

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · May 3

Want to volunteer with Wonderland Spectacle Co at the Manship Artists Residency for a shadow puppet show and Lantern pageant, May 31 at 8pm? Volunteer sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 30

Spring is springing: the frogs & #salamanders and filling up the #vernalpools with jelly eggs, the tender plants are coming up in spite of bad news. A surging reminder that #climateaction and #environmentalpolicywork, local, national, and global, is never more imperative than now, & going forward.

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thanks for the re-post, @rwwgreene.bsky.social !

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WBUR @wbur.org · Apr 29

A federal appeals court in New York on Monday paused a lower court’s order to transfer Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk from a Louisiana immigration detention facility to Vermont for a hearing.

Federal appeals court temporarily halts Öztürk’s transfer to Vermont

A federal judge in Vermont had ordered immigration officials to return the Tufts doctoral student to his court by May 1.

www.wbur.org

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thanks, Kelsey! 🐸

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 28

Delighted to sign copies of SAFE CROSSING with the Midcoast Conservancy at the Skidompha Library and Sherman's Bookstore in Damariscotta, ME, where I grew up. So lovely to read-connect with family and friends, make new friends and talk wildlife conservation. Thanks to everyone who joined me!

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 16

Did you have a childhood library? Mine was Skidompha.So it's with great joy that I return there to share my new picture book, SAFE CROSSING, April 25, at 10 AM, along with the Midcoast Conservancy & Sherman's Books. Join me & find out how to help local amphibians! @chroniclebooks.bsky.social #kidlit

Did you have a childhood library? Mine was Skidompha. When I was going through a rocky patch in first grade, we moved to an apartment building where if you walked through the back yard, there was a short gravel path between two buildings that led right to the library! That public library was a safe haven for me and an early incubator of imagination and joy of reading. So it's with great joy that I return there to share my new picture book, SAFE CROSSING, April 25, at 10 AM, along with the Midcoast Conservancy and Sherman's Books. Join me and find out how to help local amphibians! Pictured: illustrations from SAFE CROSSING showing wood frogs and spotted salamanders on a orad in the rain.

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · Apr 11

“We know the forests of #Papua are one of the biggest lungs of the world, yet we are destroying it,” Kwipalo said. “Indonesia should be proud to protect Papua ... not destroy it.”

#ForestsWorthMoreDead
#BiofuelParadox
#GreenEnergyOrGreenwashing
#CommodifyingNature
#Deforestation
#ClimateColonialism

World's largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar and rice in Indonesia

Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive.

apnews.com

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Apr 11

"Different cultures can help each other see beyond their inherent biases and grow beyond the intellectual constraints of individual approaches." 💚

Changing the Eurocentric narrative about the history of science – why multiculturalism matters

The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.

theconversation.com

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · Apr 11

NOAA fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Noaa fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals

Workers had spent weeks in limbo amid legal rollercoaster but letters confirm block on terminations no longer in effect

www.theguardian.com

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 9

Próximamente el 15 de abril - CÓMO DECIRLE HOLA A UNA LOMBRIZ: PRIMERA GUÍA AL AIRE LIBRE, Escrito e ilustrado por Kari Percival, Traducido por Yanitzia Canetti

Coming on April 15! I am delighted that readers will now enjoy a Spanish translation just in time for spring! #kidlit #espanol #kidlitart

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 8

Wow! Awesome time reading SAFE CROSSING joined by Monkton Wildlife Tunnel instigator Chris Slesar and my illustration mentor Ashley Wolff. GReat ot see you!!! And thanks so much to Flying Pig Bookstore & Pierson Library for hosting! @ashleywolff.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #roadecology

Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcardDay and happy April! I've heard reports of the first toads sightings of spring from amphibian conservation volunteers. What signs of spring have your seen or heard? @bookmarkliterary.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks#picturebookart #picturebookillustration

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · Apr 2

#KidLit reminder: Tomorrow is #KidLitArtPostcard day! Be sure to post with that exact hashtag. I'm going to refresh my info page with art from April's posts, see this page for more info: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Screencap of the webpage ginaperry.com/postcard "All About #KidLitArtPostcard" A grid of digital postcard submissions is seen along with information about the event and remaining dates in 2025.

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Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social · Apr 1

Sat.April 5, 10:30 AM join me and Chris Slesar to find out how the #MonktonWildlifeTunnels helped inspire my new amphibian migration #picturebook SAFE CROSSING at the #PiersonLibrary with the #FlyingPigBookstore @chroniclebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #roadwayecology #amphibians #amphibianmigration

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · Mar 30

#librariesmatter #saveIMLS CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · Mar 30

The Boston Public Library stands as a living monument to the importance of free education and learning.

Inscribed on its walls is the message: "The Commonwealth requires the education of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty"

A message that is resonating with me now more than ever.

The exterior of the Boston Public Library McKim Building in Copley Square at night. It is a Renaissance Revival, Beaux-Arts building made of stone with large windows and designed to convey a feeling of importance about the library.

TanRo, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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