Laura Roettiger

How many tigers can a girl bring home? A tiger-loving child at library must pick one non-tiger book to pair up with each book about tigers. She discovers patterns in all things.

#DVPit #STEM #PB #Own

A concept book: A fresh look at windows. This visual, informative, and fun book stimulates young minds to relook at an everyday object.

#DVPit #NF #STEM #PB

A Chinese American girl wants to give her grandma the longest long-life noodles as a long-life wish, but she doesn't know how. With determination, math knowledge, and creative thinking, she finds a way.

AMY WU AND THE PERFECT BAO + STEM

#DVPit #PB #Own #STEM

Father’s love is…
like the majestic Mount Everest.
Tall, strong, protective …
always there for me.

Father’s love is a mountain!

A lyrical tribute to a Chinese father and fathers everywhere.

#DVpit #PB #OWN #Asian

How to get a ball to roll or fly? Change its direction or stop? A boy enjoys Newton’s law of motion while playing with a ball.

#DVPit #BB #Own #STEM #Science

A story about probability. Mei and Jimmy are best friends and also rivals. They each own three dogs and love having them compete. Jimmy’s dogs always beat Mei’s. Can Mei ever win the contest? Probably, if she uses Dog Math!

#DVPit #PB #Own #STEM

How did a giant panda cub’s survival help her species? A true story about one panda’s journey from America to China, giving hope to her endangered breed.

Trouble Dog: From Shelter Dog to Conservation Hero + Panda

#DVpit #PB #NF #STEM #Conservation

Will performing the Chinese Peacock dance, a thousand-year-old prayer, at her school talent show help a young Chinese girl be seen and find friendship in America?

The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story + Chinese Peacock dance

#DVpit #PB #OWN #Asian

What do a handy iPhone, a fun Super Soaker, and bullet-stopping strong Kevlar have in common?
This expository book unlocks adding-up invention methods, teaching readers to think like Steve Jobs and become an inventor.

MIMIC MAKERS + Adding-up methods + Interactive

#DVpit #PB #NF #STEM #invention

How can a four-year-old girl, owning no books and without a library, learn how to read and write in Chinese, a figurative and complex language, in order to stay in touch with her faraway cousin?

My Papi has a Motorcycle + Chinese culture

#DVpit #PB #OWN #Asian

So beautiful!!! 🤩

Wow! I have no idea what they have in common but I’d love to know more!
Please let me know when this book gets published!

Probability? That sounds amazing! We need more math books that are fun and if you know me, dogs = fun! The probability of me loving a dog book is 💯

Awww so much heart! I love this idea and I can’t wait to read it! 💚

This sounds wonderful! #patterns #libraries #books
oh my!

😍

Happy Book Birthday: I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA Humans have five senses (or some might say more) that they rely on as they navigate their world. Sight. Hearing. Touch. Smell. Taste. But many folks have lost…or never had…the use of one or more of…

It's a very merry Happy Book Birthday for I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA, written by @janmilusich.bsky.social illus by Chris Raschka & published by Anne Schwartz Books - get an inside peek at the story behind the story #visionimpairment : viviankirkfield.com/2025/10/07/h...

We all need that font!

#kidlitchat

Melissa, that's a great idea! I had one PB that had magical realism in it and my critique partners didn't understand I was doing that on purpose! If I had sent a pitch with the MS, that would have helped. #kidlitchat

I like this a lot if you can make it work! It allows you to use an older book and a newer book or a movie and a book which shows you have a way of thinking expansively.
You can also say, "It has the humor of _________ set in the time period of _______________." #kidlitchat

Back when I was a new, carefree writer and didn't know any of the rules, I wrote a synopsis that would have been a fabulous book. Everyone said so. The problem [you may know where this is going] it had only a slight resemblance to the actual manuscript. 😂
#kidlitchat

Melissa, that’s spot on critiquing! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#kidlitchat

💯 but describing it for another person, my thoughts become organized, clearer, and ready for public consumption.
When it’s only in my head, I tend to think I have a pitch but it meanders … talking it through with someone makes it sing. #kidlitchat

I think pitches and log lines are tricky until that moment you realize what your book is "really about" but that doesn't happen without working with a Critique Partner or even talking to a friend. #Kidlitchat

This looks wonderful, Sandra!

😂😂 Greg! That's hilarious! Several other people are saying they are good at comps and I'm pretty good at #PictureBook and #MG Comps #kidlitchat

That's the dream! good for you. #kidlitchat

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Yes! We were joking here it was a super-harvest-full moon and it was turning into a song from Mary Poppins! 😂

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @amandadavisart.bsky.social!🎉

📚 SOMETIMES STORMY: A STORY ABOUT FINDING CALM AND STAYING SAFE WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE DRINKS TOO MUCH, published by @freespiritbooks.bsky.social, is here! 📖✨

Find it here: buff.ly/9DqKW0y

#kidlit #12x12PB

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @carolinelperry.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 I AM NOT HAPPY!, illustrated by Sydney Hanson and published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social, is here! 📖✨

Find it here: buff.ly/9DqKW0y

#kidlit #12x12PB