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Lauri Fortino

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Picture Bk. author, blogger, transcriptionist. Author of The Peddler's Bed. 2022 Kate Dopirak C&C Award winner. ❤️Animals.

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 1d

In America, speaking freely is a bedrock right that matters deeply to us all. So when pundits and politicians vilify dissenters, I have to ask "Why?" This isn't patriotism -- its control. You don’t defend democracy by silencing it. Speak up! #TruthBrigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/NNj1oLTM

Join the Truth Brigade

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 1d

We feel the heat; we see the fires. We’re quite aware of climate disasters. So just who benefits when the White House says polluters don’t pollute and gives them a pass on poison? Everyday people - or fossil fuel investors? Speak up! #Truth Brigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/2znurmRH

Is there a polluter near you?

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 2d

Dictatorships fall. Movements grow.

America was built by people who refused to bow — and we carry that forward.

Oct 18: #NoKings. app.sosha.ai/s/6BAstqy8

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 4d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Book Birthday to I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA by Janice Milusich! frogonablog.net/2025/10/07/h...

Happy Book Birthday to I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA by Janice Milusich!

Title: I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea Author: Janice Milusich Illustrator: Chris Raschka Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books Release Date: October 7th, 2025 Format: Hardcover, audiobook Summary: In th…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Book Birthday to I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA by Janice Milusich!

Title: I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea Author: Janice Milusich Illustrator: Chris Raschka Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books Release Date: October 7th, 2025 Format: Hardcover, audiobook Summary: In this lyrical picture book…

Happy Book Birthday to I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA by Janice Milusich!

Title: I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea Author: Janice Milusich Illustrator: Chris Raschka Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books Release Date: October 7th, 2025 Format: Hardcover, audiobook Summary: In this lyrical picture book illustrated by a two-time Caldecott Medalist, share in a blind child’s joyful experience of the changing seasons. Where I live, seasons change. I know because my fingers and toes, my ears, my mouth and nose, all tell me so.

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 5d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 6d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 7d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 8d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 9d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 10d

Republicans are insisting on a budget that'll kick millions off healthcare and raise costs for the rest of us. If they dropped these cruel demands, the Trump Shutdown would end today. app.sosha.ai/s/NcQuadrY

Stop the Trump Shutdown

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 10d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Book Birthday to JUST DUCKY: A FRIENDSHIP TAKES FLIGHT by Berrie Torgan-Randall! frogonablog.net/2025/10/01/h...

Happy Book Birthday to JUST DUCKY: A FRIENDSHIP TAKES FLIGHT by Berrie Torgan-Randall!

Title: Just Ducky: A Friendship Takes Flight Author: Berrie Torgan-Randall Illustrator: Berrie Torgan-Randall Publisher: Cardinal Rule Press Release Date: October 1, 2025 Format: Hardcover Summary:…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Book Birthday to JUST DUCKY: A FRIENDSHIP TAKES FLIGHT by Berrie Torgan-Randall!

Title: Just Ducky: A Friendship Takes Flight Author: Berrie Torgan-Randall Illustrator: Berrie Torgan-Randall Publisher: Cardinal Rule Press Release Date: October 1, 2025 Format: Hardcover Summary: Margaret “aka…

Happy Book Birthday to JUST DUCKY: A FRIENDSHIP TAKES FLIGHT by Berrie Torgan-Randall!

Title: Just Ducky: A Friendship Takes Flight Author: Berrie Torgan-Randall Illustrator: Berrie Torgan-Randall Publisher: Cardinal Rule Press Release Date: October 1, 2025 Format: Hardcover Summary: Margaret “aka Ducky” loves ducks and knows everything there is to know about them. However, she soon realizes that not everyone shares her same passions when she’s at a day camp with some other students and things go “fowl”.

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 11d

Last day to win! Interview Alert: Joyce Uglow (+ 2 Giveaways!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/15/i...

Interview Alert: Joyce Uglow (+ 2 Giveaways!)

I’m so excited to welcome picture book author, poet, and educator Joyce Uglow to Frog on a Blog! Joyce’s beautiful nonfiction picture book Stuck! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits published…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 11d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 12d

Interview Alert: Joyce Uglow (+ 2 Giveaways!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/15/i...

Interview Alert: Joyce Uglow (+ 2 Giveaways!)

I’m so excited to welcome picture book author, poet, and educator Joyce Uglow to Frog on a Blog! Joyce’s beautiful nonfiction picture book Stuck! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits published…

frogonablog.net

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 12d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

frogonablog.net

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 13d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

frogonablog.net

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 14d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

frogonablog.net

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 15d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

frogonablog.net

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 16d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

frogonablog.net

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 17d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

frogonablog.net

Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 18d

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!) frogonablog.net/2025/09/23/f...

Flying Solo as an Unaccompanied Author/Illustrator by Berrie Torgan-Randall (+ a Giveaway!)

Please welcome children’s book author/illustrator Berrie Torgan-Randall to Frog on a Blog! You may be familiar with the first book in her Bella & Blue early reader graphic novel series, B…

frogonablog.net