Still recovering from your Halloween bender? Try something wholesome for a change, courtesy of traveling petting zoo Tiny Tails to You. Featuring animals including Quillie Nelson the hedgehog, Ina Garden the bunny, and Cheese the bearded dragon, this show-and-tell is sure to warm even the coldest of hearts. You don’t have to be a kid to come – I was brought to tears at my first petting zoo, which I attended at the ripe age of 24 – but this BookPeople appearance does double as a storytime; what better lesson for the family than “read books and be kind to animals”? – Carys Anderson