<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Silly Adventures of Tilly the Purple Turtle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embrace Uniqueness with Tilly's Tales]]></description><link>https://www.tillythepurpleturtle.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:09:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tillythepurpleturtle.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Different Is Something to Celebrate: Helping Kids Embrace What Makes Them Special]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest gifts we can give a child is the confidence to believe, “I am okay exactly as I am.” But that isn’t always easy. As children begin school, make new friends, and spend more time around other kids, they naturally start comparing themselves. They notice who runs faster, who reads better, who looks different, who has different interests, who talks differently, or who doesn’t seem to fit neatly into the group. And sooner or later, many children ask some version of the same...]]></description><link>https://www.tillythepurpleturtle.com/post/different-is-something-to-celebrate-helping-kids-embrace-what-makes-them-special</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9778bedc7f71450b492f94</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 01:28:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b02c6f_4c6b312eb6b1484385194a4997a3bf20~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Curry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[              Why I Created Tilly the Purple Turtle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long before Tilly became a book, he was an idea that kept coming back to me. I kept thinking about children and how early they begin to notice the ways they’re different. Maybe they look different. Maybe they learn differently, move differently, speak differently, or simply see the world in their own unique way. And sometimes, before children are old enough to understand those differences, they can already begin wondering whether being different means they don’t quite belong. I wanted to...]]></description><link>https://www.tillythepurpleturtle.com/post/why-i-created-tilly-the-purple-turtle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f9b11a6bf65007ed2ed5e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:46:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b02c6f_6f4dd3f0dfde4930ba271ed31ffe1d92~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Curry</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>