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, 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.
*"By turns beguiling (as when Sulwe's mother counsels her tearful
daughter) and magical (a shooting star darts into Sulwe's room to
share the story of Night and Day), the volume also clearly conveys
that colorism is real, and it hurts. Sulwe's story confronts it
head-on, with words and images that celebrate the 'dark and
beautiful, bright and strong.'"-- "Publishers Weekly, starred
review"
"A thoughtfully layered text and powerful illustrations address
this sensitive topic [of colorism] in a uniquely nurturing way."--
"Kirkus Reviews, starred review"
"A welcome celebration of Black girls, an important lesson for all
kids (and grownups), and a necessary message for any child who has
been made to feel unworthy of love on account of their looks."--
"Booklist"
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