Tamara Rittershaus
Author & Editor

Tamara Rittershaus is a kid-lit author and freelance editor, specializing in picture books and poetry, an expat mom, and a Montessori kindergarten teacher. Her tri-lingual family lives in Magdeburg, Germany.

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Tamara's editing services include developmental editing, line editing, poetry editing, and her signature “poetry coaching” for novice poets. Tamara focuses on picture books and other forms of children's literature.

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Bibliography

2024

• The Race on Mermaid Reef - Sly seahorse Skip learns to swim smarter, not harder, to beat Abby the braggy crab.

• Mermaid's School of Art - Learn How to Draw Mermaids & Sea Creatures in a Fun Comic for Kids!

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2023:

• Mermaids Don't Fart - Eel & Shrimp's friendly wager goes terribly wrong and they need a mermaid to save Shrimp's life.

• Eel's Book of Mermaid Jokes (Mermaid Reef series)

• Shrimp's Book of Fun Animal Facts (Mermaid Reef series)

• I AM YOURS - a board book from Capstone Publishing

• Jumpstart to Reading ABC: Learning the Alphabet with the Montessori Method

• Jumpstart to Reading ABC Activity Book

 

2020:

• Marie's Big Adieu speaks to the heart of every child who's said a "big goodbye" and moved away from a friend.

• Lockdown Drill at Superhero School is a book for teachers and parents to calmly prepare for a Lockdown.