Jennifer M. Graff, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Literacies and Children’s Literature in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include critical content analysis of diverse children’s literature, pedagogical opportunities with nonfiction children’s literature in early childhood education, and sociocultural contexts of youths’ reading preferences and practices. She has had the privilege to serve on multiple national children’s book awards, serve in multiple leadership positions for the Children’s Literature Assembly of NCTE and the United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) chapter of the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY), and is a founding member of The Biography Clearinghouse.