A delicious picture book about the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family, told through a young girls experiences in the kitchen with her abuela.

Abuela says, pltanos are love.
I thought they were food.
But Abuela says they feed us in more ways than one.

With every pop of the tostones, mash of the mang, and sizzle of the maduros, a little girl learns that pltanos are her history, they are her culture, andmost importantlythey are love.

Available as a hardcover book

Written by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris

Illustrated by Mariyah Rahman

Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers

ISBN 978-1665902731