I run a nonprofit that donates diverse books to teachers, and I always make sure body size diversity is on our list of look-fors. As a person who has been fat and a reader all her life, seeing bigger bodies represented neutrally and positively is vitally affirming.
Love Strega Nona. Love all the different bodies represented in your work! My wheelie kiddo loves spotting the fairies/figures in wheelchairs in your artwork 🥰 here for all this - cozy human body pillows and all 💞
This was really interesting! I’m currently in my first year of uni, studying to become an early childhood teacher and diversity in picture books has been on my mind a lot lately, as I went into my degree a collector of picture books to begin with. I look forward to more of these posts as I’m not on Instagram atm 😊
I somehow missed your work for FIPB on Instagram, but I’m really excited to read about it on Substack instead! a desperately needed conversation! and I love Strega Nona. a world class fat old witch. ❤️
Strega Nona was my favourite literary characters growing up and my kids love her too.
The fat villain is always one that perplexes me because in my biased imagination fat people are nice and safe (a lot of my family is fat so that is probably where this biased comes from).
I run a nonprofit that donates diverse books to teachers, and I always make sure body size diversity is on our list of look-fors. As a person who has been fat and a reader all her life, seeing bigger bodies represented neutrally and positively is vitally affirming.
"Flat Stanley with a BBL" is my favorite descriptor
Love Strega Nona. Love all the different bodies represented in your work! My wheelie kiddo loves spotting the fairies/figures in wheelchairs in your artwork 🥰 here for all this - cozy human body pillows and all 💞
This was really interesting! I’m currently in my first year of uni, studying to become an early childhood teacher and diversity in picture books has been on my mind a lot lately, as I went into my degree a collector of picture books to begin with. I look forward to more of these posts as I’m not on Instagram atm 😊
I somehow missed your work for FIPB on Instagram, but I’m really excited to read about it on Substack instead! a desperately needed conversation! and I love Strega Nona. a world class fat old witch. ❤️
Strega Nona was my favourite literary characters growing up and my kids love her too.
The fat villain is always one that perplexes me because in my biased imagination fat people are nice and safe (a lot of my family is fat so that is probably where this biased comes from).