Awards

• Winner of Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year (United States).
• Winner of Bank Street Children’s Best Books of the Year (United States).
• Winner of School Library Journal Best Book (United States).

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9780063067516

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Yesenia takes readers on a sensory and culinary journey. Bright, inviting illustrations welcome readers into the warm embrace of family and food. - Kirkus Reviews

""Yesenia takes readers on a sensory and culinary journey. Bright, inviting illustrations welcome readers into the warm embrace of family and food."" — Kirkus Reviews Prompted by a family’s love of plátanos, this simile-laden embrace of Dominican culture twines food and story. Norman works this ode into a well-rooted family story that expands upon the food’s power as a “magical cure,” a “superpower,” and a “fiesta.” Palacios’s green and gold plátanos-colored digital illustrations capture the dance of life mid-spin. — Publishers Weekly

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Lissette Norman is a poet and author of the picture book My Feet Are Laughing, and co-author of the picture books, On the Line: The First African-American Rockette (with Jennifer Jones) and Until Someone Listens (with Estela Juarez). She received her BA in English at SUNY Binghamton and currently lives in New York City.

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