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Children’s Village Fundraiser A Success!!
Christine Tortorella enjoyed the opportunity to work at Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry, NY with 12 young boys and their mentors, as they prepared to perform at the annual fundraiser in May. The...
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Stubby & Rusty: ArtWork in Progress
Even though our upcoming book, Stubby & Rusty, is about a pelican, I am working on drawing a pod of dolphins for the book. It has taken me a least two weeks to get the shape of their bodies just...
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Stubby Goes Fishing With His Friends
Pictured is one of the illustrations from Brittany & Christine Tortorella’s upcoming book, Stubby & Rusty. Currently, Christine is working on the music for the CD, and Brittany is working to...
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How Did Stubby Get His Name?
Illustrated by Brittany & Christine Tortorella Stubby & Rusty is a story my daughter and I wrote about a Pelican that gets caught in a fishing line and hook that was simply left in the ocean!...
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Book Sales Contribute to Foundation’s Literacy Program
Illustration from Stubby & Rusty, by Christine & Brittany Tortorella Christine Tortorella is a children’s book author who has published several books with music and a dream journal. All of the...
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Stubby Gets a Boo Boo!
Stubby gets caught in fishing line in Christine & Brittany’s upcoming book Stubby & Rusty.
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My True Story About Bullying
Kristin’s daughter reading Carl. I am Kristin Wilson, mother of two girls (a toddler and a preschooler), and a children’s book author working through the publishing process. I was not what you would...
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Annie & Little One Go To Preschool In North Carolina!
The 5-year-old class at the preschool in Apex, North Carolina enjoyed Annie & Little One and loved sharing what they remembered about the story, including Little One’s Not-So Little Nose, that...
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Hard Work Pays Off In Tickets For Rocky
Tickets For Rocky was written about Christine Tortorella’s twin sisters who worked hard to earn raffle tickets to win a pony.It was adapted from a true story. Having a dream is important, but working...
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Benjamin Learns To Respect All Living Things – Even Bugs!
Benjamin is a funny little boy from “Do Bugs Have Belly Buttons?” by Christine Tortorella. Benjamin traps and meets a little bug because he wants to know if bugs have belly buttons. He quickly learns...
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Download Bookmarks For Free!
Visit our literacy website to download free bookmarks! Click here to go directly to the download bookmark.
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Read Our Books Online for Free!
Visit our websites to read the books for free – click here to read Do Bugs Have Belly Buttons?, Annie & Little One, Tickets for Rocky and COMING SOON is Christine Tortorella’s new book Stubby...
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COMING SUMMER 2018 – STUBBY & RUSTY!
Stubby and Rusty is a collaboration by Christine and Brittany Tortorella about a pelican who gets tangled in fishing line and needs the help of a fisherman named Rusty. It’s a lesson about...
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Bess The Book Bus Gets A Boost
Learn about Bess the Book Bus and its incredible mission to put books in the hands of deserving children. Reading opens so many doors to the possibilities and wonders of the world. The Tortorella...
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Meet Bear’s Angels – Columbus!
A group of volunteers in the Columbus, Ohio area have created a “satellite chapter” of the Tortorella Family Foundation’s Bear’s Angels program, in an effort to educate the public, especially...
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Jerome Becomes Newest Addition to Literacy Program
The Tortorella Foundation’s Literacy Program is proud to share a new book Jerome Finds a Home by author Kristin Wilson and illustrator Michael Bennett. Jerome is an unusual giraffe with bucked teeth...
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Listen to “Stubby & Rusty” by Brittany and Christine Tortorella
Click the link below to listen to Brittany Tortorella read aloud from STUBBY & RUSTY, a wonderful children’s book she wrote with her mom Christine Tortorella. The book tells the true story of a...
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Earn a Bear’s Angels Humane Education Certificate!
Kenna Grizzle shows off her Bear’s Angels Certificate. Kenna Grizzle of Ohio holds up a Bear’s Angels Humane Education Certificate that she earned by completing some activities on our Do Bugs Have...
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My True Story About Bullying
Kristin’s daughter reading Carl. I am Kristin Wilson, mother of two girls (a toddler and a preschooler), and a children’s book author working through the publishing process. I was not what you would...
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Annie & Little One Go To Preschool In North Carolina!
The 5-year-old class at the preschool in Apex, North Carolina enjoyed Annie & Little One and loved sharing what they remembered about the story, including Little One’s Not-So Little Nose, that...
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