Microbiologist Panayotta Delinois Roberts launches her A-to-Z lab science book for young children at Afrocafe in the West End on Nov. 8. Updated November 2026.

An Atlanta microbiologist is launching a children’s picture book that walks young readers through the laboratory from A to Z, with a launch at Afrocafe in the West End on Sunday, Nov. 8.

The ABCs of the Laboratory is written by Panayotta Delinois Roberts, MS, and illustrated by Riski Wahyuningsih. The launch date is no accident: Nov. 8 is International STEM Day, the author says.

What the book is

In the author’s own words: “The ABC’s of the Laboratory introduces young children to laboratory science through an engaging A-to-Z format. Created by microbiologist and author Panayotta Delinois Roberts, MS, the book is designed to spark curiosity and help children see science as something they can explore.”

The cover sets the tone: a smiling boy in a white lab coat, blue safety goggles and red sneakers, a microscope in one hand and a bubbling green flask in the other.

Delinois Roberts is an Atlanta-based scientist. Alongside the book she is the founder of Delinois Roberts Scientific International, an operational readiness consultancy, and she publishes her children’s STEM work under the name curiousSTEMminds.

The launch

The book launches on Sunday, Nov. 8, at Afrocafe in Atlanta’s West End. For launch details and to find the book, see the curiousSTEMminds website.

For parents and teachers, the launch is a chance to meet the scientist behind a book written to show young children that science is something they can explore themselves.

For more things to do this month, see our Atlanta arts and exhibitions guide for November.

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