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True Friends Indeed: A Seemore the Seagull Tale

Ralph Tufo's Seemore the Seagull Boston Globe Article

Meet Ralph Tufo

CanvasRebel: STORIES & INSIGHTS
March 4th, 2025

We recently connected with Ralph Tufo and have shared our conversation below.

Ralph, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

As a children’s author, I’ve written three books in the Seemore the Seagull Tales. In addition to creating these fun books for children, I’ve strived to have each book promote lessons of kindness: acceptance of diversity, learning to cooperate, awareness and support of disabilities, and anti-bullying. As a former teacher, I’ve come to realize that we need to teach these values to young children as soon as possible. Our society needs individuals who put these values into practice...

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Author Raplh Tufo highlighted by BU Wheelock Alumni News

Ralph Tufo ('75)

True Friends Indeed: A Seemore the Seagull Tale (Leaning Rock Press, 2024), the author's third children's book, is set at the Revere Beach Sand Castle Festival.

Tufo is a retired community college professor, an author, a playwright, and a musician.

Ralph Tufo's Seemore the Seagull Boston Globe Article

A Revere Beach seagull offers words of wisdom

By Cindy Cantrell Globe Correspondent,Updated November 11, 2021, 2:29 p.m.

In 35 years as a professional musician, Ralph Tufo of Winthrop has released 11 CD recordings and written more than 50 songs, three full-length musicals, several short plays, and some poetry.

The retired college professor turned prolific artist has now added children’s book author to his resume — and he has a seagull to thank for the inspiration. Read more

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