Beauty Woke is a powerful story of pride and community, told with bold lyricism and the heart of a fairy tale, and readers looking for a next-generation Sleeping Beauty will fall in love with the vivid art and lyrical text.
Beauty is a Puerto Rican girl loved and admired by her family and community. At first, she's awake to their beauty, and her own-a proud Boricua of Taino and African descent.
But as she grows older, she sees how people who look like her are treated badly, and she forgets what makes her special. So her community bands together to help remind her of her beautiful heritage!
Beauty Woke
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Paola Escobar is a graphic designer and illustrator who enjoys spreading story seeds of her own, having published with SM Spain, Planeta, Norma, El Globo de Antonia, Fleurus, and Leaves of the Forest (El Bosque University). She's also created celebrated work for Colombian music bands, as well as for printed and digital magazines including ESPN, Bacanika, El Malpensante, and Timbuktu. She lives very happily in Bogota with her husband and dog, Flora.