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Summary:

When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but a shooting star's tale of the sisters Night and Day helps her understand there is beauty and worth in every shade.

Author/Creator:

Nyong'o, Lupita , author

Contributors:

Harrison, Vashti , illustrator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Sulwe [by Nyong'o, L.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Sulwe [by Nyong'o, L.] (First edition; New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] — ISBN 9781534425378; LCCN 2018037928)

Subjects:

Self-acceptance — Juvenile fiction

Black people — Juvenile fiction

Human skin color — Psychological aspects — Juvenile fiction

Stars — Juvenile fiction

Sun — Mythology — Juvenile fiction

Moon — Mythology — Juvenile fiction

Kenya — Juvenile fiction

Self-acceptance

Blacks

Human skin color — Psychological aspects

Human skin color

Stars

Mythology

Satellites — Mythology

Picture books for children

Solar system

Moon

Kenya

Sun

Genres:

Picture books for children

Picture books

Fiction

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book, 2020

Audience:

Children
Ages 4-8.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

JE N997su

ISBNs:

9781534425361 (hardcover)
1534425365 (hardcover)
9781713701361 (FollettBound)
1713701367 (FollettBound)
9781534425378 (ebook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018029563

OCLC Numbers:

1048015757