Lauri Fortino
@laurifortino.bsky.social
Picture Bk. author, blogger, transcriptionist. Author of The Peddler's Bed. 2022 Kate Dopirak C&C Award winner. ❤️Animals.
Paddington's Twelve Days of Christmas by Michael Bond, Karen Jankel and R.W. Alley (+ a holiday blog break) jamarattigan.com/2025/12/19/p...
Paddington’s Twelve Days of Christmas by Michael Bond, Karen Jankel and R.W. Alley (+ a holiday blog break)
Ho Ho Ho and Fa la la! What better way to celebrate Christmas than with our favorite bear from Darkest Peru? Paddington’s Twelve Days of Christmas by Michael Bond, Karen Jankel, and R.W. Alle…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Paddington's Twelve Days of Christmas by Michael Bond, Karen Jankel and R.W. Alley (+ a holiday blog break) jamarattigan.com/2025/12/19/p...
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LOVE this. Love the review! And I'm ordering it for my granddaughter. We have tea together using my (doll-size) blue willow tea set. #picturebooks #childrensbooks
[review + recipes + giveaway] Celebrating Jane Austen's 250th Birthday jamarattigan.com/2025/12/16/r...
[review + recipes + giveaway] Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a certain 18th century English author turns 250, worldwide fans who ardently admire and love her will want to commemorate this important milestone a…
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December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
LOVE this. Love the review! And I'm ordering it for my granddaughter. We have tea together using my (doll-size) blue willow tea set. #picturebooks #childrensbooks
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong frogonablog.net/2025/12/17/m...
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong
Title: The Birds of Christmas Author: Olivia Armstrong Illustrator: Mira Miroslavova Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 Format: Hardcover Seasons Greetings! Christmas is almost here, and I have the …
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December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong frogonablog.net/2025/12/17/m...
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong frogonablog.net/2025/12/17/m...
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong
Title: The Birds of Christmas Author: Olivia Armstrong Illustrator: Mira Miroslavova Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 Format: Hardcover Seasons Greetings! Christmas is almost here, and I have the …
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December 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong frogonablog.net/2025/12/17/m...
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong
Title: The Birds of Christmas Author: Olivia Armstrong Illustrator: Mira Miroslavova Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 Format: Hardcover Seasons Greetings! Christmas is almost here, and I have the perfect picture book to celebrate the…
Title: The Birds of Christmas Author: Olivia Armstrong Illustrator: Mira Miroslavova Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 Format: Hardcover Seasons Greetings! Christmas is almost here, and I have the perfect picture book to celebrate the…
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong
Title: The Birds of Christmas Author: Olivia Armstrong Illustrator: Mira Miroslavova Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 Format: Hardcover Seasons Greetings! Christmas is almost here, and I have the perfect picture book to celebrate the joyous season. The Birds of Christmas, written by Olivia Armstrong, with charming graphite pencil and digital illustrations by Mira Miroslavova, is a beautiful Nativity story based on a European folktale that tells how the robin came to have a red breast.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My View Book Review: THE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS by Olivia Armstrong
Title: The Birds of Christmas Author: Olivia Armstrong Illustrator: Mira Miroslavova Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 Format: Hardcover Seasons Greetings! Christmas is almost here, and I have the perfect picture book to celebrate the…
Title: The Birds of Christmas Author: Olivia Armstrong Illustrator: Mira Miroslavova Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 Format: Hardcover Seasons Greetings! Christmas is almost here, and I have the perfect picture book to celebrate the…
[review + recipes + giveaway] Celebrating Jane Austen's 250th Birthday jamarattigan.com/2025/12/16/r...
[review + recipes + giveaway] Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a certain 18th century English author turns 250, worldwide fans who ardently admire and love her will want to commemorate this important milestone a…
jamarattigan.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
[review + recipes + giveaway] Celebrating Jane Austen's 250th Birthday jamarattigan.com/2025/12/16/r...
[peaceful review] Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver by Sara Holly Ackerman and Naoko Stoop jamarattigan.com/2025/12/05/p...
[peaceful review] Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver by Sara Holly Ackerman and Naoko Stoop
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, / the world offers itself to your imagination, / calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting — / over and over announcing your place / in the family…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
[peaceful review] Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver by Sara Holly Ackerman and Naoko Stoop jamarattigan.com/2025/12/05/p...
nine cool things on a tuesday jamarattigan.com/2025/12/02/n...
nine cool things on a tuesday
“Yet my heart loves December’s smile as much as July’s golden beam; then let us sit and watch the while the blue ice curdling on the stream.” ~ Emily Brontë 1. Hello, December — are you here …
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December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nine cool things on a tuesday jamarattigan.com/2025/12/02/n...
My View Book Review: THE WHISKER CITY AIR RACE by J.M. Chrismer frogonablog.net/2025/12/01/m...
My View Book Review: THE WHISKER CITY AIR RACE by J.M. Chrismer
Title: The Whisker City Air Race Author: J.M. Chrismer Illustrator: Ilya Fortuna Publisher/Year: BookBaby/2024 Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook December is National Cat Lovers Month. One way to …
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December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My View Book Review: THE WHISKER CITY AIR RACE by J.M. Chrismer frogonablog.net/2025/12/01/m...
My View Book Review: THE WHISKER CITY AIR RACE by J.M. Chrismer
Title: The Whisker City Air Race Author: J.M. Chrismer Illustrator: Ilya Fortuna Publisher/Year: BookBaby/2024 Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook December is National Cat Lovers Month. One way to mark the occasion is by reading…
Title: The Whisker City Air Race Author: J.M. Chrismer Illustrator: Ilya Fortuna Publisher/Year: BookBaby/2024 Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook December is National Cat Lovers Month. One way to mark the occasion is by reading…
My View Book Review: THE WHISKER CITY AIR RACE by J.M. Chrismer
Title: The Whisker City Air Race Author: J.M. Chrismer Illustrator: Ilya Fortuna Publisher/Year: BookBaby/2024 Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook December is National Cat Lovers Month. One way to mark the occasion is by reading picture books about cats! The Whisker City Air Race is the fourth book in the exciting aerial adventure series Miso and Kili's Flying Adventures. Miso and Kili are adorable little cats who love to fly their shiny Red Rider plane all over the world.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My View Book Review: THE WHISKER CITY AIR RACE by J.M. Chrismer
Title: The Whisker City Air Race Author: J.M. Chrismer Illustrator: Ilya Fortuna Publisher/Year: BookBaby/2024 Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook December is National Cat Lovers Month. One way to mark the occasion is by reading…
Title: The Whisker City Air Race Author: J.M. Chrismer Illustrator: Ilya Fortuna Publisher/Year: BookBaby/2024 Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook December is National Cat Lovers Month. One way to mark the occasion is by reading…
Interview Alert: Debra Kim Wolf frogonablog.net/2025/11/24/i...
Interview Alert: Debra Kim Wolf
Please welcome children’s book author and land conservation attorney Debra Kim Wolf to Frog on a Blog. Debra’s nonfiction picture book A Family for Zoya: The True Story of an Endangered…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Interview Alert: Debra Kim Wolf frogonablog.net/2025/11/24/i...
Interview Alert: Debra Kim Wolf
Please welcome children's book author and land conservation attorney Debra Kim Wolf to Frog on a Blog. Debra's nonfiction picture book A Family for Zoya: The True Story of an Endangered Cub published this past summer by Platypus Media and features lovely realistic…
Please welcome children's book author and land conservation attorney Debra Kim Wolf to Frog on a Blog. Debra's nonfiction picture book A Family for Zoya: The True Story of an Endangered Cub published this past summer by Platypus Media and features lovely realistic…
Interview Alert: Debra Kim Wolf
Please welcome children's book author and land conservation attorney Debra Kim Wolf to Frog on a Blog. Debra's nonfiction picture book A Family for Zoya: The True Story of an Endangered Cub published this past summer by Platypus Media and features lovely realistic and detailed illustrations by twin sister nature and science artists Annalisa and Marina Durante. I love that Debra chose to write about an endangered Amur tiger cub at the Philadelphia Zoo.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Interview Alert: Debra Kim Wolf
Please welcome children's book author and land conservation attorney Debra Kim Wolf to Frog on a Blog. Debra's nonfiction picture book A Family for Zoya: The True Story of an Endangered Cub published this past summer by Platypus Media and features lovely realistic…
Please welcome children's book author and land conservation attorney Debra Kim Wolf to Frog on a Blog. Debra's nonfiction picture book A Family for Zoya: The True Story of an Endangered Cub published this past summer by Platypus Media and features lovely realistic…
My View Book Review: JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS by Juliana Muñoz Toro frogonablog.net/2025/11/19/m...
My View Book Review: JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS by Juliana Muñoz Toro
Title: Journey of the Humpbacks Author: Juliana Muñoz Toro Illustrator: Dipacho Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 (originally published in Columbia in 2020) Format: Hardcover, eBook Journey of the …
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My View Book Review: JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS by Juliana Muñoz Toro frogonablog.net/2025/11/19/m...
My View Book Review: JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS by Juliana Muñoz Toro
Title: Journey of the Humpbacks Author: Juliana Muñoz Toro Illustrator: Dipacho Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 (originally published in Columbia in 2020) Format: Hardcover, eBook Journey of the Humpbacks is a nonfiction picture…
Title: Journey of the Humpbacks Author: Juliana Muñoz Toro Illustrator: Dipacho Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 (originally published in Columbia in 2020) Format: Hardcover, eBook Journey of the Humpbacks is a nonfiction picture…
My View Book Review: JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS by Juliana Muñoz Toro
Title: Journey of the Humpbacks Author: Juliana Muñoz Toro Illustrator: Dipacho Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 (originally published in Columbia in 2020) Format: Hardcover, eBook Journey of the Humpbacks is a nonfiction picture book overflowing with fascinating facts about the amazing humpback whale. Intriguing infographics and colorful mixed media illustrations, combined with blocks of accessibly written text, dance across the pages like whales bobbing, leaping, and twirling through the ocean.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My View Book Review: JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS by Juliana Muñoz Toro
Title: Journey of the Humpbacks Author: Juliana Muñoz Toro Illustrator: Dipacho Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 (originally published in Columbia in 2020) Format: Hardcover, eBook Journey of the Humpbacks is a nonfiction picture…
Title: Journey of the Humpbacks Author: Juliana Muñoz Toro Illustrator: Dipacho Publisher/Year: Eerdmans BYR/2025 (originally published in Columbia in 2020) Format: Hardcover, eBook Journey of the Humpbacks is a nonfiction picture…
Interview with Kimberly Tso, Debut Author of TIC-TAC-TOE CHICKEN...and a GIVEAWAY! writersrumpus.com/2025/11/11/i...
Interview with Kimberly Tso, Debut Author of TIC-TAC-TOE CHICKEN…and a GIVEAWAY!
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November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Interview with Kimberly Tso, Debut Author of TIC-TAC-TOE CHICKEN...and a GIVEAWAY! writersrumpus.com/2025/11/11/i...
[racy review] Dinos That Drive by Suzy Levinson and Dustin Harbin jamarattigan.com/2025/11/07/r...
[racy review] Dinos That Drive by Suzy Levinson and Dustin Harbin
Attention Auto Aficionados, Jurassic Junkies and Diehard Dinomaniacs! Buckle Up and Start Your Engines! Vroom! Zoom! We’re off on a prehysteric prehistoric poetry adventure sure to get your m…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
[racy review] Dinos That Drive by Suzy Levinson and Dustin Harbin jamarattigan.com/2025/11/07/r...
Want to vote for something fun and support a good cause? Homes For Orphaned Pets Exist is having a calendar contest, and our dog Auggie is a contender. Please consider making a small donation and voting for Auggie! Thanks! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Vote for HOPE's 2026 Pet Calendar!
Remember the names of your favorite HOPE pets!Vote on the next page to help decide which adopted cats and dogs will be featured in our 2026 HOPE Calendar — the cutest competition of the year! (Tough d...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Want to vote for something fun and support a good cause? Homes For Orphaned Pets Exist is having a calendar contest, and our dog Auggie is a contender. Please consider making a small donation and voting for Auggie! Thanks! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Did you know local elections are happening right now? Don't miss your chance to decide your state and local leaders like school board, city council, sheriff, maybe even governor. Our vote is our voice, let's use it on Nov. 4 to help our communities! social.redwine.blue/s/nLOiJdmv
Find everything you need to vote.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Did you know local elections are happening right now? Don't miss your chance to decide your state and local leaders like school board, city council, sheriff, maybe even governor. Our vote is our voice, let's use it on Nov. 4 to help our communities! social.redwine.blue/s/nLOiJdmv
Yes! I'm totally in for this virtual rally! We know what it really means to be a patriot, and the American flag is our flag too! I just signed up to join Heather Cox Richardson and Red Wine & Blue for this event right before Nov. elections. Join me! ❤️🤍💙 social.redwine.blue/s/DdiIRqEd
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October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Yes! I'm totally in for this virtual rally! We know what it really means to be a patriot, and the American flag is our flag too! I just signed up to join Heather Cox Richardson and Red Wine & Blue for this event right before Nov. elections. Join me! ❤️🤍💙 social.redwine.blue/s/DdiIRqEd
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
More of this, please! I'm looking forward to hearing these folks from Leaving MAGA. I think we all know people who we'd like to see make this change, so I'm hoping to get some insight on how to reach them and help them find their way out. Join me! social.redwine.blue/s/pQIGHcgW
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October 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
More of this, please! I'm looking forward to hearing these folks from Leaving MAGA. I think we all know people who we'd like to see make this change, so I'm hoping to get some insight on how to reach them and help them find their way out. Join me! social.redwine.blue/s/pQIGHcgW
Thousands participate in 'No Kings' rally in Syracuse www.wrvo.org/2025-10-19/t...
Thousands participate in 'No Kings' rally in Syracuse
An estimated 6,000 people rallied on Erie Blvd. in Syracuse Saturday, as part of a nationwide day of demonstrations.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thousands participate in 'No Kings' rally in Syracuse www.wrvo.org/2025-10-19/t...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Interview with Ainissa Ramirez, author of SPARK ... and a giveaway! writersrumpus.com/2025/10/21/i...
Interview with Ainissa Ramirez, author of SPARK … and a giveaway!
Spark – Jim West’s Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone is the first nonfiction picture book biography in the Black Innovators Series by MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Interview with Ainissa Ramirez, author of SPARK ... and a giveaway! writersrumpus.com/2025/10/21/i...