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Katie Slivensky
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Encouraging others to get know science a little better. Kidlit author. Science educator. Rock collector. Stargazer. Nature photographer. Animal buddy. They/She. Was @paleopaws on the old place. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette.

www.KatieSlivensky.com
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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · Oct 17
About time I made a pinned post! I'm a children's author and science educator. I love connecting kids with the natural world -- and helping them learn how to be true to themselves. 💚

Find my books here: bookshop.org/contributors/katie-slivensky

Find more info about me here: www.katieslivensky.com
Graphic with four book covers on it. Text of the graphic reads: Children's Author Katie Slivensky. Helping kids get to know science a little better. Picture Books, Middle Grade, School Visits, Classroom Resources, And more! Visit: www.KatieSlivensky.com
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It's time for Doodle Mail! That's my free, monthly author newsletter where I share a printable how-to-draw sheet and book news. Read now, and subscribe so you don't miss out! ginaperry.beehiiv.com #kidlit #authornewsletter #teachers
Thumbnail for DOODLE MAIL, an author newsletter by Gina Perry hosted on beehiive. There is a drawing worksheet for a budgie and a photo of the author at KidsCon Portland, selling books and talking to families.
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I got to watch a flock of juncoes today! And in the snow. Very picturesque but brrrrrr

#birds 🌿
A small dark gray bird with a white belly stands in the grass with a little patch of snow in front of it.
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Halls are decked!!! 🎄🎅
A Christmas tree lit up with white string lights, a star on top, tinsel around, and a large variety of colorful ornaments.
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Itty-bitty bonsai!
A miniature bonsai tree model being held in fingertips. It’s just over an inch high.
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Day five of #ArtAdventCalendar.

Here’s a stone I painted a reeeeeally long time ago.
On a light grey pebble is a painting of a rising full moon with a silhouetted hare in front of it. The colours are monochrome, and there are lots of stars in the sky. There are silhouetted trees of either side of the hare.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Omg, I accidentally used a feature on an app today that I didn't realize was AI powered and then it revealed it was and I feel SO SICK to my stomach as I just DO NOT use AI for ANYTHING.

Also... it just sucked? And didn't do at all the simple thing I thought it would do? Lol. Trash tool.
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Below are some really, really great fantasy novels for kids that are not HP books.

They exist, I promise. (Not pictured due to their already big popularity levels, but are also great options: Percy Jackson books and the Wings of Fire Books.)

Just in case you need holiday shopping ideas.
kslivensky.bsky.social Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 4d
Other middle grade fantasy recs!

This is mostly from my collection. My 10yo has read a few as he begins to explore novels, but here we veer into my recommendations more. Many of these are indeed series if you have a fantasy loving MG reader!

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Top row: The Incorruptibles by Lauren Magaziner. Sona and the Golden Beasts by Rajani LaRocca. Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell. Wilderlore by Amanda Foody. Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston. Second row: The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu. The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz. The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton. The Circus at the End of the Sea by Lori Snyder. Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera. Third row: The Serpent’s Secret, Book 1 of the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series by Sayantani Dasgupta. Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind by Misa Sugiura. Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron. Princess Juniper of the Hourglass by Ammi Joan Paquette.
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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OOOooOOOooOO yes! Thanks to @colleenaf.bsky.social we have merch for @authorsabb.bsky.social that financially benefits Authors Against Book Bans, now!

a lovely gift for yourself or the book creator in your life!

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Authors Against Book Bans
Official AABB Merch. Perfect to wear while fighting book bans. Great for school board meetings, conferences, marching for our rights, and annoying THAT neighbor. You know the one. Show off your love o...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Me: I have a book idea that might actually be commercial!
Agent: That's great!
Me: The title is a reference to a classic 1971 Sesame Street Golden Book.
Agent: There it is.
ekjohnston.bsky.social E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 1d
HERE IS THE NEWS IN A MORE READABLE FORMAT
Sarah McCabe at McElderry Books has acquired, at auction, The Murder at the End of This Book by E.K. Johnston, a speculative YA novel in which an apprentice time traveler finds a dead boy in her hotel room bathtub and is thrown into a complicated paradox where she must work with him to solve his murder in order to prevent it. Publication is scheduled for 2027; Josh Adams at Adams Literary did the deal for North American rights.
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Hey, if you can’t boycott Amazon and still need items, don’t forget it’s the time of year where you can search “tip my driver” after a delivery and hit a button that makes Amazon pay them a little extra.
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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My holiday decorating hack for homes like ours that are lacking for surface area to put out knick knacks: WALL AND WINDOW CLINGS! They are super cute. Low price. You can stick them practically anywhere. And if you peel and place them on wax paper, you can save them for another year!
Snowmen and snowflake window clings on a window with blue sky. A Santa and his sleigh with reindeer wall cling sticker set over a framed print of a geological cross section. A bunch of gingerbread and candy wall clings stuck to white cupboards in a kitchen.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Happy update on the post from last month! ☺️

Sister's family dog, one month ago: WE ARE NOT KEEPING A STRAY CAT.

Sister's family dog and (no longer stray) cat today:
A small white dog and a grey kitten sharing a cat tree perch by a window.
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Well I can't let Grover down
Grover the Muppet looking at a smartphone with the text "How much longer do you want to scroll? Is there something you set out to do when you picked up your device?"
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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The holiday season hasn't properly started until we place this final touch annual bit of decor in our nerdy house.
A quarter scale model of a T. rex skull wearing a Santa hat that says "Bag Humbug".
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Aurora borealis on a winter night ✨

#art #illustration
Illustration of the aurora borealis, in vibrant colours against a starry winter night sky, with dark silhouettes of trees in the foreground.
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Halls are decked!!! 🎄🎅
A Christmas tree lit up with white string lights, a star on top, tinsel around, and a large variety of colorful ornaments.
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Vet prescribed some fancy allergy-friendly type of food for my cat because he's a vomit-y guy and always has been, so we're trying to sleuth it out.

Good news: He hasn't puked since starting the new food!
Bad news: Instead now he's started having diarrhea.

Thiiiinking this is maybe a no-go.......
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The kitten left everything behind to live in the middle of the woods, but she’s going to give up and return to the city a week later.
A semi-diorama painting with modeling clay elements and a photograph of a kitten by a river in the middle of the woods with a hut.
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I worked on the mugs!
Behold all the Baby Bunny Cuteness:

Now the drawing with its finished color are available!
Color and a tin cup versions are now available
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December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Hey, #Edusky, I not only write #STEM books for kids, I have classroom and home #STEM activities on my website that tie into the books! And are free to download! And are created and vetted by a professional science educator (me!)! 😀

#KidLit

Find them here: www.katieslivensky.com/resources
Model fossil impression of a paw print and human hand side by side made with fossil dough. A set of items needed to do a geology activity, including aluminum foil, crayons, a cutting board, bowls, a knife, a spoon, and a toothpick. A set of items needed to do a volcano activity, including ketchup, a measuring cup, baking soda, an empty bottle, spoons, dishsoap, clay, and vinegar. A tiny robot made with wires, a battery, a vibrating motor, pipe cleaners, and a googly eye.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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After cyber Monday, it's untangle Tuesday, where we're meant to spend a few hours untangling cords. Then comes will-o'-the-wisp Wednesday, where floating lights will lead us to sale items. Thrall Thursday is when we all follow the orders of the Bone Lord and help with construction of the Bone Tower.
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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I already posted about this but genuinely, this is why we don't back down. (And even if this hadn't happened, we'd have kept fighting.)
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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A little book promo as the holidays approach. 💚

My picture books are available anywhere books are sold! If you order soon through my local indie stores (Porter Square Books, Cambridge or The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Acton) I can sign/personalize a copy to your recipient! They ship!!!

#KidLit
Graphic that reads: Looking for a gift? Try one of these picture books for science kids! On one side of the graphic is the picture book THIS WOLF WAS DIFFERENT by Katie Slivensky and Hannah Salyer. Text below reads: For prehistory fans, kids obsessed with animals, especially wolves or dogs, gentle souls. Graphic below also shows that it was listed as one of the best books of 2024 by the New York Public Library and Bank Street College of Education. The other side of the graphic shows the cover of the I, ROCK: A Geology Tale by Katie Slivensky and Steph Stilwell. Text below reads: For the kid who picks up rocks everywhere, humor lovers, those ready to have their mind blown by deep time. Below also includes that I, ROCK was listed as one of the best books of 2025 by School Library Journal.
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Hey Paji! 👋

Did you know: A sloth bear can fully close its nostrils when sniffing around ant hills and termite mounds. This helps make sure the bear doesn't suck up dirt or get insects crawling up its nose!

📷: Female sloth bear by lead zookeeper Taylor S
Close-up headshot of a female sloth bear.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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A reminder that picture books make a fabulous gift for the young people in your life!

Picture books may not make noise or have lights but kids hold onto them.

I have a bunch of fun ones out and so do many other #kidlit creators! Bonus points for buying from an indie.❤️📚🎁
Add display of some of dev PETTY‘s picture books on a wooden floor against a white background. Including Elmore and the big Christmas rescue, Elmore the Christmas Christmas moose, don’t eat bees, don’t lose Mr. cuddles, Monty and the mushrooms. Along with a plush moose and a plush dog. Are Elmore and chip.
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM