See Part One here. 'The next leg of my quest to find a great anti-bias book had me looking at other anti-bias themes. I was a bit sad to abandon STEM representation, but Ada Twist, Scientist came the closest to fulfilling my needs for this assignment, but missed out on targeted audience age ranges. That left me needing a book that satisfied Anti-Bias Curriculum's...

The most recent school project in my Children & Diversity class had me searching for an anti-bias children's book to present to the class. Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools For Empowering Young Children states that an anti-biased book is one that promotes diversity in society in "racial, ethnic, gender, economic class, sexual orientation, and disability." With that simple definition, this looked like an easy project...

I returned to school in 2015 with a new determination to explore possibilities in my life that I had never considered – and also wariness from experiences past. The first time around was scary for me, a homebody bookworm who just wanted to find a career where she could be creative and make money from it. I was also convinced that this was...