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Sulwe
by Lupita Nyong'o
Wonderful! This is one of my top 5 new 2019 picture books of the year. This is a little biographical we find out in the author’s note.
Sulwe has dark skin like midnight while the rest of her family has lighter tones and her sister has a golden tone to her skin. Sulwe prays for lighter skin and the ability to make friends and not be teased. Her mama tells her the most beautiful story or legend of daylight and nighttime. The people love the sun and hate the night, until nighttime leaves and then daylight becomes too much. The story is about balance and both sides being respected.
This is about self-love and self-empowerment. It’s beautiful artwork and a beautiful story that touched my heart. I want to own this book.
The nephew enjoyed the story about day and night and he thought the story was ok. He gave this 3 stars. The niece read this too after I told her she had to read it and she thought this was a great story and she gave this 4 stars. The nephew did ask why people’s skin can be different colors and I had to talk about pigmentation in the skin and how genes can mix and match.
Sulwe has dark skin like midnight while the rest of her family has lighter tones and her sister has a golden tone to her skin. Sulwe prays for lighter skin and the ability to make friends and not be teased. Her mama tells her the most beautiful story or legend of daylight and nighttime. The people love the sun and hate the night, until nighttime leaves and then daylight becomes too much. The story is about balance and both sides being respected.
This is about self-love and self-empowerment. It’s beautiful artwork and a beautiful story that touched my heart. I want to own this book.
The nephew enjoyed the story about day and night and he thought the story was ok. He gave this 3 stars. The niece read this too after I told her she had to read it and she thought this was a great story and she gave this 4 stars. The nephew did ask why people’s skin can be different colors and I had to talk about pigmentation in the skin and how genes can mix and match.