PLATANOS GO WITH EVERYTHING

Paletero Man meets Fry Bread in this vibrant and cheerful ode to platanos, the star of Dominican cuisine, written by award-winning poet Lissette Norman and illustrated by Sara Palacios.

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.

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 (Children's Book Press 2011) which has been described as "vibrant and eclectic" Sara has 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, acrylic, gouache and digital work.