Katie Slivensky
@kslivensky.bsky.social
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
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
Find my books here: bookshop.org/contributors/katie-slivensky
Find more info about me here: www.katieslivensky.com
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating!!! And as a special Thanksgiving treat, go ahead and mute some stressful proper nouns for the day or the whole weekend. ❤️🤎🧡
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating!!! And as a special Thanksgiving treat, go ahead and mute some stressful proper nouns for the day or the whole weekend. ❤️🤎🧡
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating!!! And as a special Thanksgiving treat, go ahead and mute some stressful proper nouns for the day or the whole weekend. ❤️🤎🧡
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating!!! And as a special Thanksgiving treat, go ahead and mute some stressful proper nouns for the day or the whole weekend. ❤️🤎🧡
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
Settings --> Moderation --> Muted words and tags
You deserve some peace. And also pie.
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I'm honored by this review of ONE COSMIC ROCK, written by me & illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social. Thanks to @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social of England's Natural History Museum. He's an expert in the evolutionary palaeobiology of dinosaurs & other critters.
☄Available for preorder!
#CANkidlit #kidlit
☄Available for preorder!
#CANkidlit #kidlit
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm honored by this review of ONE COSMIC ROCK, written by me & illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social. Thanks to @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social of England's Natural History Museum. He's an expert in the evolutionary palaeobiology of dinosaurs & other critters.
☄Available for preorder!
#CANkidlit #kidlit
☄Available for preorder!
#CANkidlit #kidlit
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Promote your books, you say?
Looking for a book for a kiddo who loves dogs? It's short (169 p)! It's funny! There is goose poop! "Not since Ramona Quimby has a character marched right out of a book with so much bravado, humor, and heart."--Barbara O'Connor #booksky
bookshop.org/p/books/lolo...
bookshop.org/p/books/lolo...
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Promote your books, you say?
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Playing pirates with the 4yo using couch cushions and such for a ship.
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Playing pirates with the 4yo using couch cushions and such for a ship.
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
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It’s a bear. Finding the right rendering style for the fur took me a while, but I‘m so happy how it turned out.
It’s one of the patreon stickers for this month and will also be a print later.
#animalart #feralart
It’s one of the patreon stickers for this month and will also be a print later.
#animalart #feralart
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It’s a bear. Finding the right rendering style for the fur took me a while, but I‘m so happy how it turned out.
It’s one of the patreon stickers for this month and will also be a print later.
#animalart #feralart
It’s one of the patreon stickers for this month and will also be a print later.
#animalart #feralart
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My experience with Ruffed Grouse is that unlike their “heart attack bird” cousins, the Sharp-tailed Grouse, they just walk around like they own the place (which they do) #birds 🌿
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My experience with Ruffed Grouse is that unlike their “heart attack bird” cousins, the Sharp-tailed Grouse, they just walk around like they own the place (which they do) #birds 🌿
Playing pirates with the 4yo using couch cushions and such for a ship.
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Playing pirates with the 4yo using couch cushions and such for a ship.
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
Me: "Look out! The kraken!"
4yo: "Watch out for the giant hands!"
Me: "You mean the tentacles?"
4yo: "No. This one has giant hands."
4yo: *pretends to get grabbed and dragged overboard screaming*
Me: *properly horrified*
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Paint Your Own Watercolor Winter Card with me!
Sat. Dec. 6, 2026.
10am-2pm (with 1 hour lunch break).
No experience necessary. Paint a card (or two) to gift to loved ones for the holidays at the beautiful @newenglandbg.bsky.social in Boylston, MA.
Register here: purchase.nebg.org/PatronEducat...
Sat. Dec. 6, 2026.
10am-2pm (with 1 hour lunch break).
No experience necessary. Paint a card (or two) to gift to loved ones for the holidays at the beautiful @newenglandbg.bsky.social in Boylston, MA.
Register here: purchase.nebg.org/PatronEducat...
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Paint Your Own Watercolor Winter Card with me!
Sat. Dec. 6, 2026.
10am-2pm (with 1 hour lunch break).
No experience necessary. Paint a card (or two) to gift to loved ones for the holidays at the beautiful @newenglandbg.bsky.social in Boylston, MA.
Register here: purchase.nebg.org/PatronEducat...
Sat. Dec. 6, 2026.
10am-2pm (with 1 hour lunch break).
No experience necessary. Paint a card (or two) to gift to loved ones for the holidays at the beautiful @newenglandbg.bsky.social in Boylston, MA.
Register here: purchase.nebg.org/PatronEducat...
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Maybe what I'm most excited for this Thanksgiving is rocking my new apron I got for my birthday back in August (photograph below). 😎
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Maybe what I'm most excited for this Thanksgiving is rocking my new apron I got for my birthday back in August (photograph below). 😎
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
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Kidlit community, nothing fills me with self-doubt and disappointment more than these annual best of the year lists.
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Kidlit community, nothing fills me with self-doubt and disappointment more than these annual best of the year lists.
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
Omg, I am an anti-charm quark, this is hilarious. I love it.
Quiz below. 😆
Quiz below. 😆
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Omg, I am an anti-charm quark, this is hilarious. I love it.
Quiz below. 😆
Quiz below. 😆
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in other news: bagworm!
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
in other news: bagworm!
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Heard something properly lovely today. A mum told my wife that her little boy, who had never shown any interest in reading, came home from school and asked for a particular book for his birthday because the author had visited his school. Turned out the book was The Notwitches and the author was me.🥲
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Heard something properly lovely today. A mum told my wife that her little boy, who had never shown any interest in reading, came home from school and asked for a particular book for his birthday because the author had visited his school. Turned out the book was The Notwitches and the author was me.🥲
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Really fascinating blog post about the plants that Neanderthals cooked and ate (the real "paleo diet" included a lot of grains, pulses, and other plants!).
Coming together to eat the food we share has been part of humanity from the very beginning. I wrote this post after a Thanksgiving week lecture on evidence for Neanderthals and other ancient people making prepared mixtures of grains, lentils, and other foods.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
A Neandertal recipe with lentils and grain
Looking at a fascinating new study that finds mixtures of different plants within ancient morsels of charred foods.
www.johnhawks.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Really fascinating blog post about the plants that Neanderthals cooked and ate (the real "paleo diet" included a lot of grains, pulses, and other plants!).
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"Holy shit, look at me, I'm doing something that just a year or so ago I found really hard and stressful and confusing, but it's second nature now."
Generative AI deliberately removes this, entirely, from learning.
Generative AI deliberately removes this, entirely, from learning.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Holy shit, look at me, I'm doing something that just a year or so ago I found really hard and stressful and confusing, but it's second nature now."
Generative AI deliberately removes this, entirely, from learning.
Generative AI deliberately removes this, entirely, from learning.
Maybe what I'm most excited for this Thanksgiving is rocking my new apron I got for my birthday back in August (photograph below). 😎
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Maybe what I'm most excited for this Thanksgiving is rocking my new apron I got for my birthday back in August (photograph below). 😎
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
I think @ecmyers.com is my only friend on this site who will actually get the reference, but the sentiment is one I think many can appreciate.
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Tapping the sign again
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tapping the sign again
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Starting on some new art for work, and while I'll hold off on showing the finished illustration until I get the go-ahead (likely not for a few months here), I think it might be fun to share the thumbnails that didn't get picked! Nosa' luta with various other Rota plant species. 🎨🪶
November 6, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Starting on some new art for work, and while I'll hold off on showing the finished illustration until I get the go-ahead (likely not for a few months here), I think it might be fun to share the thumbnails that didn't get picked! Nosa' luta with various other Rota plant species. 🎨🪶
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A coffee stain turkey for you Americans who celebrate Thanksgiving. We Canadians celebrated our Thanksgiving last month. ☕🎨
#Uplift #Turkey #CoffeeStainArt #FoundObjectArt
#Uplift #Turkey #CoffeeStainArt #FoundObjectArt
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A coffee stain turkey for you Americans who celebrate Thanksgiving. We Canadians celebrated our Thanksgiving last month. ☕🎨
#Uplift #Turkey #CoffeeStainArt #FoundObjectArt
#Uplift #Turkey #CoffeeStainArt #FoundObjectArt
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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We have plenty of hypotheses--more than enough actually.
Testing hypotheses requires real, actual data.
Which requires physically doing things, things that have not been done before. Which usually requires quite a bit of trial and error with *hands*.
Testing hypotheses requires real, actual data.
Which requires physically doing things, things that have not been done before. Which usually requires quite a bit of trial and error with *hands*.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We have plenty of hypotheses--more than enough actually.
Testing hypotheses requires real, actual data.
Which requires physically doing things, things that have not been done before. Which usually requires quite a bit of trial and error with *hands*.
Testing hypotheses requires real, actual data.
Which requires physically doing things, things that have not been done before. Which usually requires quite a bit of trial and error with *hands*.
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What.
No seriously, What.
No seriously, What.
Ok so.
"The Genesis Mission will build an integrated AI platform to harness Federal scientific datasets — the world’s largest collection ... — to train scientific foundation models and create AI agents to test new hypotheses, automate research workflows, and accelerate scientific breakthroughs."
"The Genesis Mission will build an integrated AI platform to harness Federal scientific datasets — the world’s largest collection ... — to train scientific foundation models and create AI agents to test new hypotheses, automate research workflows, and accelerate scientific breakthroughs."
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What.
No seriously, What.
No seriously, What.