Marq Magazine Features Farmer’s Hat Productions™ President and Founder, JoAnne Pastel as a Re-Inventor
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
Marq Magazine is an upscale Twin Cities lifestyle magazine published bi-monthly by The Star Tribune company and circulation of over 58,000 exclusive households in the Minneapolis St. Paul and surrounding metro area community. For more information, visit http://marqtwincities.com
JoAnne Pastel is President and Founder of Farmer’s Hat Productions. She is also co-author of the award winning Bur Bur and Friends children’s book series which educates kids about sports, outdoor exploration and active play through a cast of multicultural characters.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Joanne,
I finally opened my copy of Marq that came with the Sunday paper. I was so pleased to see the article in it about you and what you have done with your life. I always thought that you were destined for bigger and better things, I am glad that you found and followed your dreams!
All my best,
Susan Pryce
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Hello JoAnne – just wanted to drop you a line of congratulations on the nice article in the MARQ magazine for Oct/Nov. It was very nice to see the recognition that you and FarmersHat deserve. It continues to be a great concept. It’s nice to see Bill has become a part time author as well.
Good Luck in the future.
- Tom