Lupita Nyong'oCritiques

Primary Education
This book focuses on Sulwe, a little girl who doesn't like the color of her skin because her older sister Mich has lighter skin and gets pretty compliments, so Sulwe goes on this journey with a start to discover that she is neede to balance her sister skin with her own which make them both unique.
This book is great for addressing the uniqueness of ones individual skin and that no matter the color you are unique in more than one way and that no two snowflakes are a like.

This book was everything I hoped it would be. Beautiful illustrations and an even more beautiful message. Every child should have this book read to them.

From Kirkus: "A thoughtfully layered text and powerful illustrations address this sensitive topic in a uniquely nurturing way."

Beautiful story and illustrations! A story of a young girl with darker skin than the rest of her family and classmates, coming to love her differences and see that she is beautiful whether other people think so or not. Just as the world needs light and dark, we can also celebrate the brightness found within all differences. We are all unique from one another and this uniqueness is only another part of our beauty.

a young black girl learns to love her skin tone & being comfortable in her own skin

Description: Sulwe, a young girl with a darker skin tone, embarks on a journey of self-acceptance and learning to see her own beauty.
Age Group: 4-8 years

Uma lição sobre nos amar como somos
Esta é uma estória super rápida de ler, mas em cada uma de suas páginas traz uma mensagem tão linda de uma forma tão lúdica e doce que faz com que nos apaixonemos pela pequena Sulwe.
Realmente, Lupita Nyong'o além de ser uma ótima atriz é uma escritora maravilhosa.

A young girl wishes she looked for like her family and friends. She sees herself as dark and wants to be lighter. She struggles to make friends and fit it. Her mother reminds her about the meaning of her name and that night she has a tremendous dream. In the dream a star tells her the story of two sisters. Night and Day. She learns to find the brightness in herself.

This book is precious. Written by the award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o, it illustrates a little girl's search for identity with skin that is not like the rest of her family's or friends'. She refers to herself as dark, wishing to be light, and tries to drink and eat light foods, even taking an eraser to her skin.

Then, her dreams take her to her culture's origin of sun and moon; they were sisters, each one as important as the other. But after a conflict, night goes away, and it is always light. The people prayed and begged for night to return, because they missed the beautiful stars. Sulwe appreciates then the beauty of her dark skin.

So adorable!

Sulwe is about a little girl who wishes her skin was lighter. She learns that people with lighter skin have priviledges that she does not have. The message of the book is to accept and love yourself for who you are. I really enjoyed this story and the illustrations are beautiful.

A young girl Sulwe struggle with finding beauty in how dark her skin is. She wishes and prays that she could have lighter skin. Through out the story she learns that her beauty is inside and out just the way she is. I would be hesitant to read this in a public elementary school because the character prays in the book, so it is something to consider before reading in the classroom.

This book would be wonderful for any age group to read but I personally think it would be really impactful at the primary age range. This story is about a little girl named Sulwe who struggles with feeling different than her family because her skin is darker than theirs. She ends up going on a journey with a shooting star to see how special she is and to accept herself just the way she is. This book has beautiful illustrations so this story would be really impactful when talking about important topics such as race and self-acceptance in a way that is very engaging for young readers.½

With the help of a legend about Day and Night, a dark-skinned black child learns that she is beautiful inside and out.

Sulwe is “the color of midnight,” the darkest in her multihued family, and is teased in school. She tries everything to lighten her skin: an eraser, makeup, eating light foods, prayer. Her mother tells her she is beautiful and that her name, Sulwe, or “star,” refers to an inner brightness, but she can’t see it in herself. Then a shooting star comes to her window, sent by the night, and brings Sulwe out to tell her about Night and Day, two sisters who loved each other but were treated differently. When Night left after people called her names like “scary,” “bad,” and “ugly,” the people realized that they needed her. The stars added that “some light can only be seen in the dark.” After learning how Night and Day are both needed, Sulwe knows that she is “dark and beautiful, bright and strong.” Harrison’s glossy illustrations faithfully render the features of black people, allowing the beauty of different skin tones to shine, with deep purple tones in the darkness, reinforcing the story’s message. In an author’s note, Nyong’o shares her own past struggles with her complexion.

A thoughtfully layered text and powerful illustrations address this sensitive topic in a uniquely nurturing way. (Picture book. 4-9)

Beautiful.

The pictures in this book are beautiful. This story about learning to find beauty in oneself is for anyone who ever had a physical trait they disliked. The book won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor.

Beautifully illustrated by Vashti Harrison, Academy-award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has written about a young very dark-skinned girl (Sulwe), whose self-esteem is low. She thinks her fair-skinned sister is beautiful, and her mother tells her she is too, just because that's a mother's role. As she looks around and sees the beauty around her, Sulwe eventually figures out that real beauty comes from ... within. Nice story.

This is a beautiful story of a girl named Sulwe who thinks her skin is too dark. Others would make fun of her for the color of her skin and Sulwe longs to be lighter. However, after an incredible journey she comes to realize that she is beautiful just the way she is. This book sends a powerful message about self-acceptance and belonging. It is great story accompanied by absolutely beautiful illustrations. Children will love this book and it should be a staple in all classrooms and homes to teach children that what makes them unique is what makes them beautiful.

Heartbreaking, uplifting and beautiful story about a small girl who is the colour of midnight - and would rather be lighter... Fortunately, a story about night and day and the way they need each other, help grow her self-esteem.

This book was a great modern-day book. This book was about a little girl name Sulwe who thought her skin was too dark. Kids at school would make fun of her for how dark her skin was. She ended up figuring out that she is beautiful no matter what the color of her skin was.

This book is about a young girl who has a darker skin tone and learns to love that part of herself. I think this book would be great for inclusivity.

This is a great book for young primary readers. this books describes a young girl who has dark skin and a sister who has light skin, she wants her skin to be light like her sisters because she believes she doesn't fit in with dark skin. The book describes how it's important to love yourself, no matter you skin color. I would use this book with my future students to show them the importance of always being confident in yourself. This would also be a great book for children to understand the importance of always including others.

Sulwe is a social issues fiction and fantasy book. Sulwe contains two stories in one book. We are shown the story of Sulwe and her hatred of her dark skin, but we are shown at the end that she learns to love her dark skin. Sulwe learns to love her skin because she is told the tale of Night and Day, two sisters, and how Night learned to love that she was different and special. The illustrations show an image to give a visual example of what the text is saying. The illustrations are colorful and easy to understand and comprehend. This book shows young readers how to truly love themselves no matter if they think they have flaws and imperfections. This book shows young readers to treat everyone fairly no matter the color of their skin. I would use this book to boost self-confidence and self-worth in my classroom.

It follows the story of a young girl who wishes for her dark skin to be lighter. The story is ultimately about colorism and learning to love oneself, no matter one's skin tone.

Own voices book. A beautiful story that empowers and uplifts those who struggles to see the beautify and power that the color of their skin has. Lupita does an incredible introducing young girls into this "journey" of self-love and acceptance. I think this books is perfect to break those American standards of beauty and learn that everyone is beautiful; just like the night and the day.