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

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Julie Dillemuth

author, poet, 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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Goleta Book Signing Nov. 1, 2025

All Booked Up mobile bookstore invites the community for a reading of Camilla and the Fall Festival and a kids' candy swap for a free book! WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 1st . Reading at 10 am, book signing at 10:15, candy swap at 10:30 WHERE: DEAN: a coffee shop , 6100 Hollister Ave, Goleta WHAT: I'll read my new picture book (perfect for this time of year!); opportunity to buy books and get them signed, and a candy swap for kids to trade Halloween candy for a book and a chance at a

Erasure Poems in Heron Tree

Heron Tree published two erasure poems I sent in response to their prompt of using the number 12 in some way for the twelfth issue, in found poetry using pre-1929 sources. What a fun prompt! They included my explanation of how I created these poems. I really enjoyed the process of finding these poems within the text of Louisa May Alcott's novel, Eight Cousins . A collage poem also came out of this process, which I hope to have out in the future. Click here for the overview p