Plátanos Are Love

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Reynoso-Morris, Alyssa 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 he r 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. Show more