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I'm an award-winning author with a PhD in geography. My spatial thinking picture books inspire kids to get outside, explore, draw and tell stories with maps.

My best-selling picture book for toddlers, Loving Comfort: A Toddler Weaning Story, is available in five languages.

My stage plays and feature screenplays are emotionally-resonant stories about women that inspire as much as they entertain.

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Julie Dillemuth

author, poet, playwright, screenwriter

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Spatial Thinking Books

Spatial thinking is how we understand the world around us and use concepts of space for problem solving. Kids who learn and practice spatial skills are well-equipped for everyday problem solving as well as math and science learning.

Whether it's with Lucy retracing her steps in the big city, Camilla finding a new cartographic adventure, or Flora telling stories with maps, my books inspire readers (kids and adults!) to practice and improve their own spatial thinking skills.

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Loving Comfort

A Toddler Weaning Story

Mama's milk has always been a part of Jack's life. That's changing now that he's a toddler, and that's hard. But Mama's cuddling arms, lullaby voice, and thump-thump heartbeat won't change, even when the milk is gone.

This book is for toddlers and moms who are getting ready to start weaning, or are already in the process of weaning from breastfeeding.

Available in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French languages.

English edition

German edition

French edition

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Ekphrastic extravaganza

With renowned artist Linda Ekstrom, in front of her piece, "Your One True Home." I was invited by Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin to write a poem about one of the pieces in the Textual Integration show at the Rubenstein Chan contemporary art gallery in Carpenteria, and present it at an evening event at the gallery. Wow! A fantastic show, in which each piece incorporated text in some way, and I had to choose one for my subject. An ekphrastic poem is one written ab

book cover with pictures of a tomato salad, farm crops, and a cocktail.

Poems about food and drink

What's not to love? All the poems in this anthology, A Feast For Santa Barbara: Poets Celebrate Food and Drink, edited by SB Poet Laureate George Yatchisin (Gunpowder Press, 2026) explore the edible aspects of Santa Barbara County, with sections like "market," "ritual," "ingredients," and "labor," the last of which is where my poem, "Harvesting History," appears. "Harvesting History" was inspired by a line in a Santa Barbara News-Press article I came across while researching

Book Reading & Mapping Activity May 2

FREE EVENT THIS WEEKEND! I'll be reading Camilla, Super Helper, and I have a mapping activity for kids ages 4-8. Details: Sat, 5/2/26 @ SB Hilton Beachfront 2-3:30 pm: mapping activity 3:30-4 pm: book reading If you plan to be there, let me know and I'll save you an activity sheet. Do you know about the Children's Book Festival this weekend? There's a new Santa Barbara Literary Festival in town, and children's programming is completely free! There's a lot going on from 10

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