Kari Percival
@karipercival.bsky.social
Author Illustrator, SAFE CROSSING, Chronicle Books, 2025
Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer, How to Say Hello to A Worm, Rise x Penguin Workshop
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Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer, How to Say Hello to A Worm, Rise x Penguin Workshop
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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
Thrilled to share this #starredreview for SAFE CROSSING, about #amphibianconservation volunteers. Thank you, #publishersweekly! #kidlit
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
May 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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
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
May 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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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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."
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...
rdcu.be
May 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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."
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“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
May 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“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
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
May 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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#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...
May 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#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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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...
bookshop.org
May 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
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...
May 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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...
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.
April 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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.
Thanks for the re-post, @rwwgreene.bsky.social !
April 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thanks for the re-post, @rwwgreene.bsky.social !
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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
April 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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.
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!
April 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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!
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
April 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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
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“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
#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
April 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“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
#ForestsWorthMoreDead
#BiofuelParadox
#GreenEnergyOrGreenwashing
#CommodifyingNature
#Deforestation
#ClimateColonialism
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"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
April 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"Different cultures can help each other see beyond their inherent biases and grow beyond the intellectual constraints of individual approaches." 💚
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NOAA fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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
April 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
NOAA fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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
Coming on April 15! I am delighted that readers will now enjoy a Spanish translation just in time for spring! #kidlit #espanol #kidlitart
April 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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
Coming on April 15! I am delighted that readers will now enjoy a Spanish translation just in time for spring! #kidlit #espanol #kidlitart
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
April 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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
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
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks#picturebookart #picturebookillustration
April 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks#picturebookart #picturebookillustration
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#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
April 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#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
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
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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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#librariesmatter #saveIMLS CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
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.
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.
March 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#librariesmatter #saveIMLS CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
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This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
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March 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Make the most of Lilla’s expertise and contacts to take your career to the next level.
Spaces are strictly limited, but there are still a few places left. Don’t miss out – find out more and sign up now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...
Spaces are strictly limited, but there are still a few places left. Don’t miss out – find out more and sign up now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...
How DO you draw a Woolly Mammoth? Find a toy to draw!I had so much fun drawing animals from toy models last Tuesday with The Room to Write at the Your Writers and Illustrators Meet & Greet at the Saugus Boys and Girls Club! #kidlitart #illustration #drawingtoys
March 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How DO you draw a Woolly Mammoth? Find a toy to draw!I had so much fun drawing animals from toy models last Tuesday with The Room to Write at the Your Writers and Illustrators Meet & Greet at the Saugus Boys and Girls Club! #kidlitart #illustration #drawingtoys