Sulwe

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Format: Hardback

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A New York Times bestseller!
Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!
Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
Recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work

From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within.

Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything.

In this stunning debut picture book, actress Lupita Nyong’o creates a whimsical and heartwarming story to inspire children to see their own unique beauty.

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Product # 9781534425361
ISBN-13 9781534425361
ISBN-10 1534425365
Author Nyong'o, Lupita
Grade Level K-3
Interest Level PK-3
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Guided Reading Level O
Lexile Level 0580
Publisher SS
Page Count 48
Multicultural African American