Shine on
An important book on colonization and stolen cultural artifacts, And Yet You Shine by Supriya Kelkar follows the story of India's Kohinoor diamond. Its journey from India to the United Kingdom is rife with horrors due to the many hands that want to grab ahold of it. But despite the bloodshed, deception, and even disfiguring that the diamond goes through, it continues to shine. The mixed media illustrations are vividly beautiful, but far more importantly, the message throughout the book is clear: the perpetual unfairness of colonization must be acted upon and reversed.