A New Chapter On Realism : JoAnne Pastel is creating children’s books that mirror social diversity. by Carolyn Will

Art imitates life, or so JoAnne Pastel thought until she went looking for books to read with her young son, William. “I didn’t find anything out there that reflected real-life characters living in diverse families like ours, or portraying multi-cultural traits, like my son’s African-American hair,” says Pastel. Any books she found typically used animal characters to show diversity. Click here to read the full article (more…)