{"id":1670,"date":"2021-07-20T10:32:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T02:18:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T02:18:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1670\" class=\"elementor elementor-1670\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f91d843 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f91d843\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae2bbdb\" data-id=\"ae2bbdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6828115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6828115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Me<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bebd7bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bebd7bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Natalie M. Griffin, Ph.D.<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffaa868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffaa868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reader, Professor, Book Blogger<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1054bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1054bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Thanks for checking out Paperbacks &amp; Pearls! This is a blog for book lovers, teachers, parents, and anyone else interested in bookish things. On my blog, you can find reviews on books written primarily by Black authors. I&#8217;ll also be highlighting children&#8217;s books, especially ones that feature children of color. You may be asking, &#8220;Why Black authors?&#8221; or &#8220;Why children of color?&#8221; I won&#8217;t be getting into a history lesson here, or a lecture on critical race theory. But if you have happened upon my blog, you should know that&#8230;#representationmatters. There hasn&#8217;t previously been a ton of that in the book world, and I&#8217;d like to be a part of the movement to change that, permanently.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f8d4de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f8d4de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Literacy Educator\n<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7e9a5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7e9a5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1699\" src=\"http:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/93FD81FB-6893-446B-809D-28FB5943D60C_1_201_a-1.heic\" alt=\"\" \/>Just so you know that I know what I&#8217;m talking about, here&#8217;s a little bit about me. I&#8217;ve loved books and reading since I was 4 years old. Now, I teach college students how to turn little ones into readers. I have a Ph.D. in Literacy Studies (think &#8216;scientific study of reading&#8217;), and my specialty is literacy in early childhood. I&#8217;m a former kindergarten and first grade teacher, and helping little ones &#8220;crack the code&#8221; of reading is one of my favorite things. But you know what else is important about reading? Be able to see yourself in the books you read. Along with teaching kids\u00a0<strong>how\u00a0<\/strong>to read, it is just as important to expose them to books where the characters look like them, or the story is something they can relate to. This is important for adults too! So, I hope the books I highlight on my blog and on my bookstagram (@paperbacks.and.pearls) help you to find a book just like that for a friend, a child in your life, or your students. 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