Lissette Norman is a poet and the author of the picture books My
Feet Are Laughing and Plátanos Go with Everything. She is also
coauthor of the picture books Until Someone Listens by Estela
Juarez and On the Line: My Story of Becoming the First
African American Rockette by Jennifer Jones. Lissette received
her BA in English at SUNY-Binghamton and currently lives in New
York City. Visit her at lissettenorman.com.
Sara Palacios is the recipient of the 2012 Pura Belpré Illustrator
Honor for her work on Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol
McDonald no combina. A native of Mexico, Sara earned BFA and MFA
degrees in illustration from the Academy of Art University in San
Francisco. She works with a variety of media such as collage, ink,
and digital artwork.
"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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