Joan Schoettler

About The Author

Joan Schoettler is a children’s author and professor of children’s literature and storytelling at California State University, Fresno. Her book The Honey Jar won the Gold Medal for Juvenile Books at the 2024 California Book Awards and was a 2024 Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year. Joan lives in central California with her husband. Visit her at JoanSchoettler.com.

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Books by Joan Schoettler

A Doctor at Heart

The Story of Groundbreaking Scientist and Teacher Vivien Thomas

By Joan Schoettler

Illustrated by Steffi Walthall

A fascinating and inspiring picture book biography about Vivien Thomas, a pioneer of children’s heart surgery and trailblazer for Black people in STEM.

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