Joanna Rowland

Childrens

Joanna Rowland is a picture book author that writes on difficult situations children face like her award winning and best selling book The Memory Box: A Book About Grief. She also wrote Big Bear Was Not The Same, When Things Are Hard, Remember, Stay Through The Storm, and Always Mom; Forever Dad. Her most recent book The Memory Tree: A Holiday Grief Story was named as one of the best books on mental health for children of 2025 by the Child Mind Institute. She grew up in Sacramento where she still lives and teaches today.