Listening to a father talk about his own child’s experiences with eating spinach helped inspire Pryor’s first book. The character goes about solving that problem or problems in the story. When Pryor spoke to Erica Bailey’s fifth grade students about developing a story, she talked about the importance of creating a universal problem connected to a character in which others can identify. “For a book that is 542 words,” she said with a laugh. She said she has about 40 different drafts of “Zora’s Zucchini” on her laptop at home. When she submitted a carefully-crafted draft of “Sylvia’s Spinach” to an editor from the publishing company for consideration, she said she was asked to revise the story about 10 different times. The plan is so they can see the connection with what they’re learning in the classroom to someone who’s actually published.”Īnd reaching that goal requires determination and patience, Pryor told Krieg’s class. “She’s going to talk about her writing process and how to write a book.
“It’s a great way for kids to have a real author here,” Day said. Through Department of Defense grants, educators also have received more extensive writing training the past two years, Day said. A school enrichment program led by Krieg has produced a garden club of about 20 students and an assortment of leafy vegetables growing in the school garden, pollinated in part by mason bees imported by Phillips. Lisa Phillips, who works as an aide in Oak Harbor Elementary’s literacy program and is also a beekeeper, met Pryor at a state farmers market association conference and asked school principal Dorothy Day if she could invite her to speak to students.ĭay liked the idea because of a “double tie-in” that related to her school. She is co-founder of South Park Fresh Starts, which grows vegetable starts for a food bank in Seattle. Pryor’s background is rooted in advocating local and sustainable food systems. Her second book, “Zora’s Zucchini,” by the same publisher, is expected out this summer. She wrote her first book titled, “Sylvia’s Spinach,” which was published by Bellevue-based Readers to Eaters in October. Pryor is finding her niche in picture books centered around healthy eating. “I always felt I had stories inside of me I wanted to share.” “I didn’t think I would always be able to write for my job but I alway loved writing,” Pryor told Krieg’s class. She spent the day at Oak Harbor Elementary Thursday, sharing with different classes how to create characters, build stories and other writing tools. In a short exercise, Pryor got elementary school students to think about what it’s like to be an author.
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