My text set as a whole...

For our final project, I chose to focus on children's picture books about disabilities. I didn't focus on one particular disability but instead focused on a wide range that represents both positive and negative pieces of diverse literature. It did however take me a long time to find books that were written by insider authors. I know that it's hard to find books written by someone with a disability, but I found ones written by people who work with or have family members with a disability. That's about as close to an insiders as I could get. But I felt as though my text set as a whole has a wide range of books that can be inspirational and informational to all readers.

The majority of my books represented disabilities in a positive way and showed how people can learn how to manage their disability. Almost every book was either an inspirational story, informational story, or sometimes even both. While I tried to find books that were both positive and negative representations of diverse literature, it turned out that only one book was a negative representation, while the others were all positive. In that one particular book, the author was very stereotypical throughout the entire thing. The others seemed to avoid stereotyping which was one of the main reasons why the rest of my text set is considered positive representations of diverse literature.

The authors of the books in my text set are all considered insider authors. Two of the authors wrote stories about their own children with disabilities while the others have been working with people with disabilities form many years and have a lot of experience working in the field. However, one thing I did notice about the authors in my set was that they're all female, which was surprising to me. This children within the books were mixed with both boys and girls, just the authors were all female for some reason.

Overall, my set of books represents a wide range of disabilities. Each book was a quality pice of literature, while only one I wouldn't really recommend for others to read. These books can be used as great inspirational and informational tools in any classroom.