For Our Daughters, Mel Nyoko
For Our Daughters, Mel Nyoko
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For Our Daughters

Author: Mel Nyoko

Narrator: Janina Edwards

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2024


Synopsis

An inspirational and empowering audiobook about what mothers, especially Black mothers, want their daughters to know.

This inspiring audiobook gives girls permission to let their lights shine. They want all girls to know that there are no limits on what they can achieve. 

One by one, common misconceptins are flipped and replaced by empowering statements such as your hair is like a magnificent crown or you are like the moon among stars, or you shine the brightest. They suggest that if people doubt you or try to discourage your ambitions, you should disregard them and pursue your dreams to the fullest. Page after page offers examples of how girls can respond to discouraging situations and triumph. 

Powerful words encourage and inspire all girls everywhere, but particularly Black girls. For Our Daughters is a testament to love who you are, exactly as you are.

About The Author

Mel Nyoko is a Congolese born British writer and poet who's performed across the UK, USA, and Africa with her collection of poetry. She spent a year travelling eighteen African countries where she taught English and poetry in schools. She lives in London. This is her debut picture book.@JustMellNJoelle Avelino is a Congolese and Angolan Illustrator who grew up in the United Kingdom. She obtained a BA (Hons) in Illustration with Marketing from the University of Hertfordshire. Joelle collaborated with author Dapo Adeola to create Hey You! An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black, winner of the British Book Awards Illustrated Book of the Year. And she worked on the 25th anniversary edition of Baroness Floella Benjamin’s classic memoir Coming to England.@joelle_avelino


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabrielle on June 15, 2024

This book was ......fine. I mean I love books that are multicultural and celebrate what a girl can do! Encouraging her to use her voice. Encouraging body positivity. There are just versions of this topic that I like better......more

Goodreads review by delilah montemayor on April 15, 2024

I love finding books that show representation while also being really great books. This is one of those. My first grade girls really connected with this book. They said that as I was reading the book made them feel calm, happy, proud, and confident! What more could you ask a book to do? Recommended f......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on June 11, 2024

A lyrical celebration of things that make Black and brown girls special and important, while acknowledging the hurt that they'll experience. A self-esteem booster to read aloud.......more

Goodreads review by Read on May 03, 2024

Mel Nyoko writes an inspirational book that shows readers how to respond when others may not be celebrating the best of you.......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on April 02, 2024

All elementary classrooms and homes need this picture book [3.5 for me!]. With its warm, emotion-filled digital illustrations featuring girls of different sizes, shapes, and colors, but mostly with brown or black skin, the book celebrates the beauty of being different and content with whom one is. E......more


Quotes

★ "A lyrical celebration of individuality penned in a rhythm that begs to be read aloud....A flat-out stunner, this book is a loving ode to strength and potential." —School Library Journal, starred review

"Will boost girls’ self-esteem while giving them concrete tools for thriving." —Kirkus Reviews