Sulwe

by Lupita Nyong’o and Lupita Nyong'o

Book Overview

A New York Times bestseller
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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534425365
• ISBN13: 9781534425361
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 11.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Rented from the library now we are going to by

My cousin is mixed and I wanted to teach her about the importance of not judging people based off how dark their skin is. This book is insanely beautiful and half way through she expressed how beautiful she thought this book was. She’s 6. We talked about how racism can occur as she gets older and how she is beautiful regardless of what people may say. We talked about the importance of seeing beauty from people inside and how beauty doesn’t come from how light or dark someone is, and the importance of seeing beauty within herself. At the end she told me she wanted to buy this book and that it was her favorite book and she thanked me for picking it out. I showed her the author and read to her the struggle the author went through from where she is from and she thought it was awesome that Lupita saw beauty and worth in herself because Lupita is beautiful. This book gets 10 stars from us

Excellent story about self love

Finally, a book for black girls to teach them to love who they are! Sulwe talks to the young girls in a world and society whom expects them to want to resemble white people. Where lighter skin (I don’t mean perfectly white skin, but think Carmel instead of chocolate) is a better choice then being born with a darker shade of skin tone. Sulwe shows young black girls that no matter what their skin tone, they are beautiful. In the current times, this message is important for everyone to understand and Sulwe does it in an excellent way for kids to grasp the information. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to teach about self love, and unfair prejudices.

Great Condition!!! Great Book!

Sulwe is such an amazing book. I read this to my granddaughters and they loved it. I Highly recommend.