I am delighted to welcome Dr. Taraneh Matloob to the podcast! Taraneh is Associate Professor of Literacy Education in the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa. Taraneh teaches Multicultural Children’s Literature courses, a doctoral theory course, and a course called, “Ideological Aspects of Children’s Literature” for Masters students. She is also a published children’s book author. Taraneh has published five picture books and is currently working on middle-grade novel...