Lauryn That’s Me: The Journey of a Powerful African Girl by Ms Lauryn Rose Teixeira
Lauryn That’s Me is an empowering tale of an young African girl that celebrates diverse and multicultural family structures, accompanied with poems, wonderful affirmations and illustrations that truly depict family love and bonding over food, travel and play.
This book tells the story of Lauryn, a 9-year-old girl from London who is proud of her African Portuguese roots. Her mother is from the Cape Verde Islands, and her father is from Sao Tomé e Principe. She takes us into her world and shares her journey of being raised by a single mother after her dad left the family during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This powerful story of courage and hope exposes children to different ideas of families and talks about being raised by a single mother and develops a great pride and understanding in African Portuguese children.
Lauryn is officially the youngest author of Afro-Portuguese descent to publish a book in the UK, the book available in 4 Languages, Portuguese, Spanish, English and French. It is a powerful testimony of a young girl who dreams of living in a world where everyone is treated equally.
Perfect for 5+
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