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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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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h
While it’s easy to feel demotivated consuming a constant stream of bad news, we can always lean on history and the fact that this has all happened before to give us comfort that we’re not alone. We’re not alone, and our ancestors have won against fascism before.
SERBIA'S RESISTANCE & HOW TO WIN ОТПОР! OPPOSING DICTATORSHIP: LESSONS IN MASS NON-COOPERATION SERBIA'S OTPOR/RESISTANCE MOVEMENT IN 1998-2000: Founded by students in 1998, the Otpor movement mobilized mass civil resistance to dictator Slobodan Milosivec, driving him out of office in 2 years. FIFTYFIFTY.ONE 50501 Initially founded to focus on repression at Universities, Otpor expanded its focus to drive mass mobilizations with one central demand: REMOVING Dictator Slobodan Milosivec. To get rid of a deeply entrenched dictator, the Otpor movement knew they'd have to make big changes: "Our ambition is to change the political consciousness of the Serbian populace." - Otpor Movement Leader, Srdja Popovic FIFTYFIFTY.ONE 50501 Thanks to Otpor's mass mobilizations, Milosive was forced to hold elections in 2000. When he disputed the results and tried to hold onto power, Otpor organizers said HELL NO. Otpor, along with civil society organizations throughout the country, organized massive resistance, including protests and strikes. On October 2nd of 2000, a general strike was declared. And the country SHUT DOWN! FIFTYFIFTY.ONE
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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 5d
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 · 5d
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 · 6d
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
Find An Event Near You!
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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 · 8d
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 · 8d
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 · 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
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 · 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
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 · 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…
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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 14d
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
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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…
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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 14d
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 · 14d
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 · 15d
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 · 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…
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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 16d
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
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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
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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
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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
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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 19d
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
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Lauri Fortino @laurifortino.bsky.social · 20d
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 · 21d
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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