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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, written and illustrated by John Steptoe, is a Children's book published by HarperCollins Publishers. Mufaros's Beautiful Daughetrs was the 1988 Caldecott Medal award winner and Steptoe's Second book to win the award. His first Caldecott Medal was for his book The Jumping Mouse in 1985 which was an illustrated adaption of a Native American folk tale. Mufaro's Beautful Daughters was acknowledge as a break through in African American culture.

Description
Published in 1987,Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters is a Cinderella Story from Zimbabwe written in third person. Adapting the story required John Steptoe to research African culture and geography and in doing so Steptoe felt more in tune and prideful for his African heritage. He intended to also introduce children, especially African American children, to African culture and geography. His hope was to spark interest in African American Children to explore their roots and feel pride in their origin and who they were.

Synopsis
Mufaro is the proud father of two girls, Manyara and Nyasha, who are know throught the village as the most beautiful girls of all. However, Manyara is a selfish and cruel girl who often bullies her kind and caring sister Nyasha without her father knowing. Nyasha is a humble girl and takes the abuse of her sister in stride. One day new arrives in the village that the King is looking for a Queen. He says that he will make the most beautiful and worthy his Queen.Mufaro is confednet that one of his daughters would get chosen as Queen and arranges a wedding party to depart the next morning. Manyara believes that the King would choose Nyasha for her kindness so she sets out in the middle of the night to the city in order to meet the King before her sister Nyasha. On the way she meets various villagers to whom she is rude and dismissive to. Later that morning Mufaro and Nyasha set out to the city. Along the way Nyasha meets the same villagers as Manyara had but she is kind to them where as Manyara was cruel. When they arrive in the city they find Manyara and she warns her sister not to go to the King. She tells Nyasha that in the throne room is a dangerous giant three headed snake. Despite her sister's warning, Nyasa, enters the throne room and finds a small garden snake. As it turns out the snake is in fact the King who could shape shift. He informs her that the villagers she met on the road were all him in disguise and that he had been watching her for some time. He transforms into a handsome King and they are wed.

=Awards and Honors=

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters was chosen by children's librarians in New York Public Library as one of the 100 greatest Children's books. It also won the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Illustration. IT was chosen as a Reading Rainbow Featured Book and an ALA Notable Book.