Sunflower Sisters
Written by Monika Singh Gangotra
Illustrated by Michaela Dias-Hayes
Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Sunflower Sisters celebrates two strong and independent girls experiencing each other’s South Asian and Nigerian traditions while learning to embrace the color of their dark brown skin
In this heartwarming celebration of skin shades from sun-browned to autumn-leaf-gold, Amrita and Kiki get dressed for their siblings’ weddings while enduring family nitpicks about lightening cream, sun rays, and the skin-darkening effects of the color yellow. Luckily, Amrita’s mother has a lesson or two to teach about that! With the support and empowerment of their moms, the sunflower sisters are two strong, confident girls–one South Asian the other Nigerian–finding joy in their own skin.
Primary ISBN: 9781728252315
Publication Date: June 2022
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book , Age 04 or older
Community Represented: Nigerian/Nigerian American, Unspecified (South Asian)
Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Colorism, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences, Identity: Body Image, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: United States
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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