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Sulwe

Sulwe

by Lupita Nyong'o and Vashti Harrison
Paperback
Publication Date: 20/10/2020

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Sulwe a la peau noire comme le ciel de minuit. Elle est plus foncee que tous les autres membres de sa famille. Elle est aussi plus foncee que tout le monde a son ecole. Tout ce que Sulwe souhaite, c'est etre belle et avoir le teint aussi clair que celui de ses parents. Mais un soir, une aventure magique dans le ciel lui ouvrira les yeux et changera tout...

Dans cet album magnifiquement illustre, l'actrice Lupita Nyong'o cree une histoire chaleureuse qui inspirera les enfants a apprecier la beaute sous toutes ses formes.



Sulwe has skin the colour 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.
ISBN:
9781443181884
9781443181884
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
20-10-2020
Language:
French
Publisher:
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Country of origin:
Canada
Pages:
48
Dimensions (mm):
274x224x5mm
Weight:
0.27kg
Lupita Nyong'o

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

Vashti Harrison, author and illustrator of the bestselling Little Leaders- Bold Women in Black History, is an artist, author and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling.

She earned her MFA in film and video from California Institute of the Arts, where she snuck into animation and illustration classes to learn from Disney and DreamWorks legends.

There she rekindled a love for drawing and painting. Now she uses her love for both film and illustration to craft beautiful stories for children.

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