Written by: Alyssa Reynoso-Morris​.

Illustrated by: Mariyah Rahman.

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

Abuela says, “plátanos 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 mangú, and sizzle of the maduros, a little girl learns that plátanos are her history, they are her culture, and — most importantly — they are love. (From GoodReads.)