Jessica Stremer (She/her/hers)

Jessica Stremer is an award-winning children’s author who combines her love of science and writing to create books that inspire kids to explore and think critically about the world. Her titles include "Great Carrier Reef" which was a Cook Prize Silver Medalist and NY Public Library Best Book of the Year, "Lights Out: A Movement to Help Migrating Birds," "Fire Escape: How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires," a JLG Gold Standard selection. Jessica obtained a B.S. in Biology, with an emphasis in Ecology, from the University of Wisconsin.

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Awards: Cook Prize Silver Medalist; Crystal Kite Midwest Region Honor Book; Green Earth Book Award Recommended Title; New York Library Best Book of the Year; Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year; Horn Book Fanfare Book; CBC NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book

Communities: Military Spouse

Connecting Youth to Nature with Literature

Memorable stories are powerful tools for inspiring young readers and the young-at-heart to care more about nature and protecting the environment. Join three children’s authors as they discuss their books, the values that drive their work, and the seeds they are planting for the next generation.

WNPA Stage (Seats 146)  
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Nature / Environment
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - National Parks (following presentation)  

Panelists: Teddi Lynn Chichester, Alison Pearce Stevens, Jessica Stremer
Moderator: Julie Thompson

Hope in a Broken World

Children need hope to move forward from displacement in a broken world, be it a dystopian future with robots and evacuation camps or our contemporary present of forest fires and discrimination toward immigrants. These tales captivate readers through graphic novels, novels-in-verse, and nonfiction.

Education Room 353 (Seats 92, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  

Panelists: Megan E. Freeman, Guojing, Jose Pimienta, Jessica Stremer
Moderator: Loren Reyes

Books:

Fire Escape

How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires
Children
Holiday House
June 2024
ISBN 9780823454426
128 pages

Plight of the Pelican

How Science Saved a Species
Children
Holiday House
April 2025
ISBN 9780823457038
40 pages