Events

Come say hello.

Adventures of Tertl shows up at expos, shops, and markets around the Twin Cities, with free coloring pages, real tortoise facts, and books to sign. Tertl attends when the weather and her mood permit. She is a tortoise. She has her own agenda.

Upcoming

Free · All Ages · No RSVP
Saturday, September 19, 2026
11am – 2pm

Coloring With Tertl

Based on a true tortoise.

Finn's Frog Farm — Cottage Grove, MN
7471 Lamar Avenue South, Cottage Grove, MN 55016 · kid-friendly classroom space inside
Tertl, a real Russian tortoise, walking through her garden kingdom with a copy of The Great Garden Escape on an easel behind her

Free coloring pages and crayons, straight from the books. A tortoise talk with real facts, for kids who slow down for the interesting stuff. Copies of both books for sale and signing on-site.

No RSVP, no screens, no pressure. Just a lovely Saturday at Finn's Frog Farm.

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Where we've been

August 8, 2026
Coloring With Tertl
Finn's Frog Farm · Cottage Grove, MN

Eight or nine kids, about as many grown-ups, and four books sold. Finn's Frog Farm now stocks both books on the shelf. Best question of the day: what does she do in the winter? That turned into a long conversation about wild tortoises, captive tortoises, and how Tertl spends a Minnesota winter indoors.

June 7, 2026
Twin Cities Reptile Expo
Cold Blooded Expos · Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Saint Paul

Our first show. Both books, prints, stickers, and a lot of very good questions about what tortoises eat.