Join the Zoo in Forest Park for a special storytime with award-winning children’s author Heather Lang, co-creator of the “Animal Heroes” series! Her new book, Supersquads! shows young naturalists how animals band together to stay safe and thrive, from orcas to ostriches, spiny lobsters to snow monkeys, leaf cutter ants to zebras, and more. Attendees will learn about the incredible and ingenious ways that animal squads work together, and have the chance to meet some of the real-life creatures featured in Heather’s books.

Books will be available for purchase and signing following the program.

​​This Mass Kids Lit Fest event is presented in partnership with the Massachusetts Center for the Book. For a full schedule, please visit https://www.makidslitfest.org/.

Heather Lang writes picture books that celebrate our natural world and biographies about women who overcame extraordinary obstacles to follow their dreams. Her award-winning books include Supermoms!: Animal Heroes; Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark; and The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest, an NSTA/CBC Best STEM Book and Green Earth Book Award winner. To research her books, Heather has observed animals in the Serengeti, climbed to the treetops of the Amazon, and gone scuba diving with sharks. You can read more about Heather’s books and find lots of activities and resources for them at heatherlangbooks.com.