From my virtual presentation at the Collingswood Book Festival, Collingswood, NJ, October 3, 2020.


 
CANCELLED: 5th Annual Local Author Fest, New London Public Library, March 28, 2020.


PHOTO: MICHAEL MARSLAND
With Dennis Wilson, IRIS, New Haven, Connecticut, on July 15, 2019.


 
With Karen Giugno, Children's Librarian, at the Acton Public Library in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, on February 2, 2019.


 
Fish valentine with K tailfin, at the Acton Public Library in Old Saybrook.


 
With Donna Wiedenmann, Children's Librarian, at the Atwater Library in North Branford, Connecticut, on July 10, 2018.


PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
With Jennifer Needham, Children's Librarian, at the Berlin-Peck, Library on Valentine's Day, 2018.


 
With Alessandra Petrino, Children's Librarian, at the Weston, CT, Library on February 13, 2018.


 
With Katharine Janeczek, Children's and YA Department, at Forbes Library, Northampton, MA, on February 12, 2018.


 
With Tess Beck, Children's Librarian, at the Stratford, CT, Library
on February 11, 2018.



 
A L-ong necked giraffe with heart sunglasses in Stratford.


 
With Kathy Pickle, Children's Library staff, at the Wilton, CT, Library on February 10, 2018.


 
A fine Valentine monkey at the Wilton Library.


PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
At the New Canaan, CT, Library on February 4, 2018.



New Canaan artistry: The Blanket on the horse's Body began as a B!


PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
At the Savoy Bookshop and Café in Westerly, RI, on February 3, 2018.
I Westerly!



PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
Sold out at Book Paper Scissors at the Free Library of Philadelphia, December 2, 2017!


PHOTO: RALPH STEWART
With Sonja Drotar, Children's Librarian, at the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Martha's Vineyard.


PHOTO: TISHA FERGUSON
With Libby Edwardson, Children's Librarian, at the Blue Hill, Maine, Public Library.


 
Z is for Zebra! At the Blue Hill Public Library.


 
With Angelina Carnevale, Children's Librarian, at the Guilford Free Library.


 
O is for Orangutan! At the Guilford Free Library.


PHOTO: BONNIE KNAPIK, HEAD CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN
At the Woodbury, Connecticut, Public Library.


 
Craft artwork from the first-ever Animals Spell Love "Lego Letters" kids' event: L-O-V-E!

 

 
With Carol Waxman, Children's Services Librarian, West Hartford Public Library.

 

 
O is for Octopus! Craft "word picture" artwork at the Danbury Public Library.

 

PHOTO: CYNTHIA LAPPALA
With Rosemary Fasano and Karlene Lombardo, Friends of the Danbury Public Library, with thanks to Cynthia Lappala, Junior Program Coordinator.

 

PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
At the Paramus Peace Pavilion, BooksNJ 2017 Festival.

 

PHOTO: CURTIS SCHMIDT
At the Millbrook Literary Festival, with Merritt Bookstore.

 

PHOTO: CASEY MAYNARD
Czech lovebirds spell "Laska" at the Iowa City Public Library, with Prairie Light Books.

 

PHOTO: MATT ROSS
Artist-in-Residence Elliott Earls (facing right), Fred Sandback blue string homage, with Agnes Martin on the Big Screen in "A Typo-cosmi-graphic
Conversation." Graduate program, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, April 10, 2017


 

 
Cranbrook event poster, Qīngyǔ+Xīn

 

PHOTO: REUBEN KEBEDE
Singing Russian crickets in musical Michigan. At Literati Bookstore,
Ann Arbor, April 8, 2017


 

PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
Espresso book event at Shakespeare & Co., New York City, February 12, 2017

 

VIDEO: ANDY LATIES
Kids making Valentines. Bank Street Book Store Facebook video,
February 12, 2017


 

PHOTO: REBECCA MIGDAL
Turtle word-picture Valentine. Bank Street Book Store, New York City, February 12, 2017

 

PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
Fi-kir means love in Amharic. Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn,
February 11, 2017


 

PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
PE-ar means "Love" in Hindi. Montclair Public Library, New Jersey,
February 5, 2017


 

 
WORD Bookstore sandwich board, Jersey City, New Jersey, February 4, 2017

 

PHOTO: GABRIELLA RADUJKO
At WORD Bookstore, Jersey City, New Jersey, February 4, 2017

 

 
INAUGURAL BOOKSTORE LAUNCH EVENT! Alice Meyer, Beaverdale Books, Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2017

 

PHOTO: CALEB KEBEDE
At Windsor Elementary School, Des Moines, Iowa, January 12, 2017

 

PHOTO: CALEB KEBEDE
With Diane Kebede, Fourth Grade teacher, Windsor Elementary School,
Des Moines, Iowa, January 12, 2017


 

 
With Tildy Banker-Johnson, Sales Manager and Associate Children's Editor,
David R. Godine, at the Brooklyn Book Festival, September 2015


Animals Spell Love Events
For a comprehensive planning guide for an event with me, please download the Animals Spell Love Event Checklist (PDF).
Here's a review by a Children's Librarian of a recent event:
"We recently had David Cundy, the author of Animals Spell Love here to do a program for us. It was a really lovely experience for everyone.... His manner with the audience was easy, engaging and his information was just right for our mixture of ages from 5 to 12 year olds and their family members.... David was easy to work with and very professional, and he is honestly interested in spreading the message of love and peace rather than making money for his work.... He is working on a book about animals spelling peace now, and when that is done we will definitely have him back."


Upcoming Events
Now booking events for 2020-2021 Seasons. Contact here.
Featured Author, Collingswood Book Festival
Free: 10:00 am-4:00 pm, Saturday, October 3, 2020
Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108, 856-858-0649. Watch my virtual presentation on YouTube here.


Past Events
CANCELLED: Word Book Arts Festival Book Fair
Free: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, Saturday, May 23, 2020
Atrium at Harris Place, 165 State Street #104, New London, CT, 917-513-4663, wordbookfest.org.
CANCELLED: 5th Annual Local Authors Fest
Free: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Saturday, March 28, 2020
New London Public Library
63 Huntington St, New London, CT 06320
For event information, call Thomas Kramer at 860-447-1411, ext. 5.
Animals Spell Love: Kids Make Valentines with author David Cundy
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Friday, February 14, 2020
Breakwater Books
81 Whitfield Street, Guilford, CT 06320
For program information, call 203-453-4141
Animals Spell Love Story-time and craft with author David Cundy
9:30-10:30 am Monday, July 15, 2019
Summer Learning Program, IRIS (Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services)
Wilbur Cross High School
181 Mitchell Drive, New Haven, CT 06511
For program information, call 203-562-2095
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
2:00 pm Saturday, February 2, 2019
Acton Public Library
60 Old Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
860-395-3184
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
6:30 pm Tuesday, July 10, 2018
North Branford Public Library
1720 Foxon Road, North Branford, CT 06471
203-315-6020
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
6:30 pm Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library
234 Kensington Road, Berlin, CT 06037
860-828-7127
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
4:00 pm Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Road, Weston, CT 06883
203-222-2651
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
3:30 pm Monday, February 12, 2018
Forbes Library
20 West Street, Northampton MA 01060
413-587-1011
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
2:30 pm Sunday, February 11, 2018
Stratford Library
2203 Main Street, Stratford, CT, 06615
203-385-4164
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
10:30 am Saturday, February 10, 2018
Wilton Library
137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT 06897
203-762-6337
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
2:00 pm Sunday, February 4, 2018
New Canaan Library
151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
203-594-5011
Savoy Story Hour Featuring David Cundy (Animals Spell Love)
11:00 am Saturday, February 3, 2018
Savoy Bookshop and Café
10 Canal Street, Westerly, RI 02891
401-213-3901
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
10:30 am Saturday, September 16, 2017
Oak Bluffs Public Library
56R School Street, Oak Bluffs, MA 02568
508-693-9433
Books provided by Library Friends of Oak Bluffs
Animals Spell L-O-V-E: Storytime with author David Cundy
10:00 am Saturday, August 5, 2017
Blue Hill Public Library, Larchwood Room
5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill, ME 04614
207-374-5515
Books provided by Blue Hill Books
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
2:00 pm Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Guilford Free Public Library
67 Park Street, Guilford, CT 06437
203-315-6020
Book signing after event
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
6:00 pm Thursday, June 29, 2017
Woodbury Public Library
269 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT 06798
203-263-3502
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
11:00 am Thursday, June 22, 2017
Danbury Library
170 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810
203-797-4505
Building a Better World "Lego® Letters" Special Event with Animals Spell Love author David Cundy
2:15 pm Thursday, June 22, 2017
Noah Webster Library (West Hartford Public Library)
20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107
860-561-6950
BooksNJ 2017 Festival
1:00-5:00 pm Sunday, June 11, 2017
Paramus Public Library
116 East Century Road, Paramus, NJ 07652
201-599-1300
Millbrook Literary Festival
Family Storytime and Book Signing: Animals Spell Love author David Cundy

Saturday morning, May 20, 2017
Millbrook Library
3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, NY 12545
845-677-5857 (Alison Meyer, Merritt Bookstore)
Books provided by Merritt Bookstore
Family Storytime: Animals Spell Love Iowa author David Cundy
10:30 am Saturday, May 13, 2017
Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A
123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
319-356-5200
Books provided by Prairie Lights Books
2-D Design Department Lecture: "A Typo-cosmi-graphic Conversation: Elliott Earls with David Cundy"
1:30 pm Monday, April 10, 2017
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
(this event is not open to the public)
Animals Spell Love family story-time and craft with author David Cundy
11:00 am Saturday, April 8, 2017
Literati Bookstore
124 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-585-5567
Animals Spell Love story-time and craft with author David Cundy
3:30 pm Sunday, February 12, 2017
Shakespeare & Co.
939 Lexington Avenue (between 68th and 69th Streets), New York, NY 10065
212-772-3400
Animals Spell Love story-time and craft with author David Cundy
10:30 am Sunday, February 12, 2017
Bank Street Book Store
2780 Broadway (at West 107th Street), New York, NY 10025
212-678-1654
Animals Spell Love story-time and craft with author David Cundy
1:30 pm Saturday, February 11, 2017
Greenlight Bookstore
632 Flatbush Avenue (at Fenimore Street), Brooklyn, NY 11225
718-246-0200
Animals Spell Love story-time and craft with author David Cundy
11:30 am Saturday, February 11, 2017
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street (at South Portland), Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-246-0200
Animals Spell Love story-time and craft with author David Cundy
2 pm Sunday, February 5, 2017
Montclair Public Library
50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
973-744-0500
Books provided by Watchung Booksellers
Valentine's Day Children's Special Event with ANIMALS SPELL LOVE author David Cundy
11 am Saturday, February 4, 2017
WORD Bookstore
123 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-763-6611
Animals Spell Love story-time and craft with author David Cundy
2 pm Saturday, January 14, 2017
Beaverdale Books
2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310
515-279-5400
Animals Spell Love classroom activity with author David Cundy
11:30 am Thursday, January 12, 2017
Windsor Elementary School
Des Moines, IA 50310