Mon, Jul 17, 2023
Tonya wants to salsa dance for the school talent show, so Gertie takes the not-so-talented-but-trying-her-best girl to meet Celia Cruz, the "Queen of Salsa". Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Jul 17, 2023
Tonya is a huge baseball fan, so as a special treat, Gertie takes her to get some peanuts, cracker jacks, and to meet Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, the writers of the unofficial anthem for baseball, which turns out wasn't really about baseball in the first place. --- Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Jul 24, 2023
Gertie takes Tonya on the road to meet Mozart, one of the most influential and prolific composers of the classical period, as he's out on tour... just like a rock star. - - Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Aug 14, 2023
Tonya is practicing her audition for the school musical, so Gertie takes her to meet Irving Berlin, the Jewish Immigrant who would become one of the greatest American songwriters to ever live. -- Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Jul 31, 2023
Swing Low Sweet Chariot: Tonya learns about spiritual songs and the Underground Railroad when she and Gertie meet Wallace Willis, aka "Uncle Wallace", a Choctaw freedman working on a plantation in old Indian Territory, Oklahoma. - - Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Fri, Jul 21, 2023
Tonya is introduced to rag time music, an old-fashioned player piano, and the era's most popular song "The Entertainer," written by the "King of Ragtime" Scott Joplin. -- Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Aug 7, 2023
Happy Birthday to You --Tonya is curious to know how the Happy Birthday song came about, so Gertie takes her to meet Mildred and Patty Smith Hill, the American sisters who originally wrote it for their kindergarten class. -- Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Aug 21, 2023
It's Western theme time traveling and Tonya gets to meets the opera singer who recorded the first million-selling country song, 'The Prisoner' and helped the recording industry see that country music could be popular. - - Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Aug 28, 2023
Mamie Smith and The Jazz Hounds (1920) - Tonya is feeling blue, so Gertie helps her get out her sadness by taking her to meet the first African American woman blues artist whose song "Crazy Blues", became a smash hit and revolutionized the blues genre, opening the doors of popular music to Black female artists. - Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.
Mon, Sep 4, 2023
To get Tonya ready for her school's sock hop dance, Gertie takes her to meet Bobby Day, the Black American singer who first recorded the song "Rockin' Robin," during the hip, cool era of rock n' roll. Step into the exciting world of Tonya Infinity, a smart and curious 8-year-old, and her best friend Gertie, a wise and witty 186-year-old Galapagos tortoise... who just happens to have a special time traveling shell.