Sulwe

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Description

From Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colourism, self-esteem and learning that true beauty comes from within.Sulwe’s skin is the colour of midnight. She’s darker than everyone in her family, and everyone at school.All she wants is to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister.Then a magical journey through the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything.In this stunning debut picture book, Lupita Nyong’o creates a whimsical and heartwarming story to inspire children to see their own unique beauty.

Additional information

Weight 0.3 kg
Dimensions 0.6 × 22.8 × 28.6 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

48

Publisher

Year Published

2021-8-26

Imprint

For Ages

3-7

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0241394333

About The Author

Lupita Nyong'o (Author) Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan actress and producer. Her first feature film role was in the film 12 Years a Slave, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as multiple accolades, including the Screen Actors Guild® Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the NAACP Award. She has since starred in Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ryan Coogler's record-breaking box office hit Black Panther, and most recently in Jordan's Peele's critically acclaimed horror film, Us. Nyong'o earned a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed. She lives in Brooklyn.Vashti Harrison (Illustrator) Vashti Harrison earned her MFA in Film/Video from CalArts and BA from the University of Virginia. Her experimental films and documentaries have shown around the world at film festivals. After a brief stint in television as a production coordinator, she is now a freelance graphic designer and a picture-book illustrator. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

A thoughtfully layered text and powerful illustrations address this sensitive topic in a uniquely nurturing way

Other text

By turns beguiling (as when Sulwe's mother counsels her tearful daughter) and magical (a shooting star darts into Sulwe's room to share the story of Night and Day), the volume also clearly conveys that colorism is real, and it hurts. Sulwe's story confronts it head-on, with words and images that celebrate the 'dark and beautiful, bright and strong.'

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