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Story time with Tom Toro

Sat, May 31, 2025 from 10:30 am - 11:00 am PDT
Join us for a very special story time reading and illustration demo with visiting author/illustrator Tom Toro to celebrate his newest book, Crocodiles Need Friends, Too!

 

Tom Toro is an acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist, cover artist, and award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. His books include Crocodiles Need Friends, Too! (Little, Brown), How to Potty Train Your Porcupine (Little, Brown), A User’s Guide to Democracy (Celadon), I’m Terrified of Bath Time and Back to School, Backpack! in collaboration with Simon Rich (Little, Brown), and the cartoon collection And To Think We Started as a Book Club… (Andrews McMeel). He is the creator of the comic strip Home Free on GoComics.com. Tom lives in Portland Oregon, with his family, which somehow includes too many cats.
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