Katherine Pryor
@katherinepryor.bsky.social
I write kids’ books about food, nature & gardens.
Twin mama. Probably wanting coffee.
Rep'd by Adria Goetz at KT Literary.
Twin mama. Probably wanting coffee.
Rep'd by Adria Goetz at KT Literary.
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
Op-ed: Giving Thanks and Honoring Indigenous, Regenerative Farming Traditions
Op-ed: Giving Thanks and Honoring Indigenous, Regenerative Farming Traditions
Ahead of Thanksgiving, a Missouri turkey farmer reflects on his work with heritage birds and native ecosystems.
civileats.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Op-ed: Giving Thanks and Honoring Indigenous, Regenerative Farming Traditions
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
Thank you @ellenlwrites.bsky.social for featuring ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES!
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
Katherine Pryor, ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES, and a GIVEAWAY!
I’m so happy to welcome, author Katherine Pryor to the blog today. Katherine has written a wonderful picture book, Attak of the Hangries, beautifully and hysterically illustrated by Thiago Bu…
ellenleventhal.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thank you @ellenlwrites.bsky.social for featuring ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES!
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
Thank you @ellenlwrites.bsky.social for featuring ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES!
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
Katherine Pryor, ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES, and a GIVEAWAY!
I’m so happy to welcome, author Katherine Pryor to the blog today. Katherine has written a wonderful picture book, Attak of the Hangries, beautifully and hysterically illustrated by Thiago Bu…
ellenleventhal.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thank you @ellenlwrites.bsky.social for featuring ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES!
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
We cover ideas for jumpstarting stuck words, the author-illustrator relationship & how day jobs influence writing life.
Enter the #bookgiveaway at the end for a free signed copy!
ellenleventhal.com/2025/11/kath... #giveaway
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
🌟DEAL ALERT! 🌟
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🌟DEAL ALERT! 🌟
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
🌟DEAL ALERT! 🌟
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🌟DEAL ALERT! 🌟
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
Today through 11/20, all books purchased directly from Schiffer Publishing are 40% off!
Support a family-owned publisher & stock up on some great titles for the young readers in your life:
www.schiffer-kids.com
My new favorite review of ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES! So many snacks…. 😍
Attack of the Hangries by Katherine Pryor and Thiago Buzzy jamarattigan.com/2025/11/18/r...
Attack of the Hangries by Katherine Pryor and Thiago Buzzy jamarattigan.com/2025/11/18/r...
[ravenous review] Attack of the Hangries by Katherine Pryor and Thiago Buzzy
It happens to the best of us. Keeping busy, moving through an ordinary day, things seem to be going quite well, when suddenly — out of nowhere — ATTACK! Instead of our cheery, cooperati…
jamarattigan.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My new favorite review of ATTACK OF THE HANGRIES! So many snacks…. 😍
Attack of the Hangries by Katherine Pryor and Thiago Buzzy jamarattigan.com/2025/11/18/r...
Attack of the Hangries by Katherine Pryor and Thiago Buzzy jamarattigan.com/2025/11/18/r...
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
Teachers & librarians! Our list of authors volunteers to Zoom into schools for World Read Aloud Day will be ready in early December so you can start planning.
Want the link a day early? Sign up for my email newsletter & you'll get it in your inbox! katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Teachers & librarians! Our list of authors volunteers to Zoom into schools for World Read Aloud Day will be ready in early December so you can start planning.
Want the link a day early? Sign up for my email newsletter & you'll get it in your inbox! katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Want the link a day early? Sign up for my email newsletter & you'll get it in your inbox! katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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From food-matching programs to volunteer opportunities and co-op memberships, here are some strategies to help stretch a food budget. ⬇️
As SNAP Delays Continue, 10 Ways to Face Food Prices
From food-matching programs to volunteer opportunities and co-op memberships, here are some strategies to help stretch a food budget.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From food-matching programs to volunteer opportunities and co-op memberships, here are some strategies to help stretch a food budget. ⬇️
Pretty sure this is the first time my books w/ @elliepeterson.bsky.social have inspired Halloween costumes & I couldn’t bee prouder. 🐝🦋
I love librarians.
I love librarians.
November 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pretty sure this is the first time my books w/ @elliepeterson.bsky.social have inspired Halloween costumes & I couldn’t bee prouder. 🐝🦋
I love librarians.
I love librarians.
I forgot about the awesome accessory you get for voting in person. Voting locations are open, CA! 🗳️
#YesonProp50
#YesonProp50
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I forgot about the awesome accessory you get for voting in person. Voting locations are open, CA! 🗳️
#YesonProp50
#YesonProp50
Free healthy lunches dramatically increased vegetable intake in kids, but effects ended when the program ended.
All kids should get free healthy lunch at school. Full stop.
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
All kids should get free healthy lunch at school. Full stop.
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Improving the school food environment and dietary intake of Dutch primary school students through the provision of a healthy school lunch: results of a pre-posttest effectiveness study - BMC Medicine
Background This study aimed to improve the school food environment and dietary intake of Dutch primary school students by providing a healthy school lunch. We investigated (1) how the school lunch aff...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Free healthy lunches dramatically increased vegetable intake in kids, but effects ended when the program ended.
All kids should get free healthy lunch at school. Full stop.
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
All kids should get free healthy lunch at school. Full stop.
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Anyone else feeling like this is what the national guard should be doing? Way to go @calvolunteers.bsky.social for being part of the solution.
With the federal shutdown putting millions at risk of losing access to CalFresh, CA is stepping up to protect families from hunger. 🥫
GO-Serve Director Josh Fryday shares how the CA National Guard & CA Service Corps are supporting food banks statewide. 💪🏽🌟
@governor.ca.gov
GO-Serve Director Josh Fryday shares how the CA National Guard & CA Service Corps are supporting food banks statewide. 💪🏽🌟
@governor.ca.gov
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Anyone else feeling like this is what the national guard should be doing? Way to go @calvolunteers.bsky.social for being part of the solution.
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
USDA Says It Won’t Use Emergency Funds to Provide SNAP Benefits During Shutdown
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/LJqNwA9
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/LJqNwA9
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
USDA Says It Won’t Use Emergency Funds to Provide SNAP Benefits During Shutdown
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/LJqNwA9
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/LJqNwA9
In case you needed a reason to happy/sad cry today.
Season 2 of The Muppet Show w/ guest Madeline Kahn. An early example of Gonzo walking a razor-thin emotional line between sadness & comedy (brilliantly performed by Dave Goelz) that clearly sets the stage for Gonzo being handed a number like “I’m Going To Go Back There Someday” in The Muppet Movie.
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In case you needed a reason to happy/sad cry today.
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
Mom of two children with disabilities here —
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Mom of two children with disabilities here —
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
WIC is such a simple & profound investment, providing education & nutrition for kids & families at a crucial developmental stage (up to 5yo). If your representatives don’t know how important this program is, please tell them.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
Millions of moms and young kids could lose WIC food assistance within two weeks amid shutdown | CNN Politics
Barbie Anderson is trying to conserve the milk her three young children drink in case she doesn’t get her WIC benefits on October 15 as scheduled.
www.cnn.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
WIC is such a simple & profound investment, providing education & nutrition for kids & families at a crucial developmental stage (up to 5yo). If your representatives don’t know how important this program is, please tell them.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
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Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
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This month’s featured author, @katherinepryor.bsky.social, shares:
✍️ “When we stop pushing ourselves as writers, we can lose the joy and curiosity that brought us here in the first place.”
Read more: buff.ly/Al4350b
#kidlit #12x12PB
✍️ “When we stop pushing ourselves as writers, we can lose the joy and curiosity that brought us here in the first place.”
Read more: buff.ly/Al4350b
#kidlit #12x12PB
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This month’s featured author, @katherinepryor.bsky.social, shares:
✍️ “When we stop pushing ourselves as writers, we can lose the joy and curiosity that brought us here in the first place.”
Read more: buff.ly/Al4350b
#kidlit #12x12PB
✍️ “When we stop pushing ourselves as writers, we can lose the joy and curiosity that brought us here in the first place.”
Read more: buff.ly/Al4350b
#kidlit #12x12PB
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
Happy #BookBirthday to HELLO, SNOW! ☃️🥳❄️
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi
September 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy #BookBirthday to HELLO, SNOW! ☃️🥳❄️
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi
Reposted by Katherine Pryor
🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @katherinepryor.bsky.social! 🎉
📚 HELLO, SNOW! illustrated by Rose Soini and published by Schiffer Kids, is here! ❄️☃️✨
Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM
#kidlit #12x12PB
📚 HELLO, SNOW! illustrated by Rose Soini and published by Schiffer Kids, is here! ❄️☃️✨
Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM
#kidlit #12x12PB
September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @katherinepryor.bsky.social! 🎉
📚 HELLO, SNOW! illustrated by Rose Soini and published by Schiffer Kids, is here! ❄️☃️✨
Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM
#kidlit #12x12PB
📚 HELLO, SNOW! illustrated by Rose Soini and published by Schiffer Kids, is here! ❄️☃️✨
Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM
#kidlit #12x12PB
Happy #BookBirthday to HELLO, SNOW! ☃️🥳❄️
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi
September 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy #BookBirthday to HELLO, SNOW! ☃️🥳❄️
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi
I loved wrapping up my HELLO! board book series with this sweet backyard adventure celebrating a surprise snow day. Jackets zip, boots crunch & a magically frosty time is had by all.
Available now from Schiffer Kids! 📚
#newboardbooks #12x12pb #scbwi