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Julie Gordon Turla
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Mom-wife-author of children's picture books, historical women's fiction and nanny extraordinaire!
All Aboard the Crazy Train of Cancer
Optimism for the Emotional Exhausted

A gritty guide to finding your positivity, hope, fearlessness, and your kicking-ass-and-taking-names persona.

Inspired by Dana Decaro-Swindell
Written by Julie Gordon Turla
#cancersucks #hope #fuckcancer
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Julie Gordon Turla
A child unfolds their story the only way they can, following an assault and explicit directions to ‘Don’t Tell.’

IT'S OK TO TELL is a story that needs telling.

#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #OS
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Nora Doesn't Talk
Nora has sensory issues.
Colors were too loud, words were too bright, and her thoughts were too jumbled and heavy to get out. Until one day mom gives her a pair of pink glasses and a hat with earflaps.
#GhostPit #PB #WIP #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Breaking News! Old McDonald Finally has a Farm!

Farmer in the dell has sold his farm to Old McDonald, and the animals are egg-static! Once again Rover, the roving reporter, is chick-ing in to see just sow hoppy the animals are. Another pun-ny tale with animal jokes.
#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Breaking News! Farmer in the Dell- Animals Tell All!
When the farmer in the dell takes a wife, the barnyard is all a buzz with dis-grunt-led animals. Rover, the roving reporter, is live on the scene gathering moo-re in-fur-mation.
#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #Ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Day I Became an Art Sensation!

An inspired kindergartner dreams of the day she becomes an art sensation. Like, museum-famous. Like, red-rope-around-her-paintings famous. Detailing just how life will turn out until she tries to figure out what to paint.

#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #Ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Breaking News! Farmer in the Dell- Animals Tell All!

Channel 4’s News team, chicks out what the outraged animals have to say about the udder-ly ridiculous and un-baa-livable things happening with the farmer in the dell. A pun-ny take on a nursery rhyme.

#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Silly, Nilly, and Willy Sail the Sea
Three brothers, a sailboat and a dream.
Silly was Captain, Nilly was crew and Willy watched for which way the wind blew.
A fast-paced rhyming adventure of three brothers setting out to prove they have what it takes to be called sailors.
#GhostPit #PB #C #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ollie Learns to Listen

With eight arms and endless affection, Ollie Octopus means well—but he must learn that listening and respecting boundaries is just as important as showing how much he cares, and with help from his friends, he finally gets the message.

#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #Ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sammy Spider Forgets to Spin (Again)!

Sammy the spider is easily distracted by... everything! So much that she still hasn't spun her first web!
With some advice from a wise old spider and a plan to help along with way, Sammy thinks she might have finally found her focus.
#GhostPit #C #Q #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Saylor the (Almost) Unicorn

Saylor LOVES unicorns. So much, she decides to become one—hooves, horn, and all. But when unicorn life turns out to be more hay and less hooray, Saylor learns that being herself might be the most magical thing of all.

#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Twila Twigglefitz- Witch with a Glitch!

Twila is a six-year-old, mismatched-sock-wearing witch who conjures spells through rhyme, except for one problem— she’s terrible at rhyming!
Until she meets Abby, who loves rhymes and mismatched socks!

#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM