Pockets Of Love

(Hardback)

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Sweet or savory.

Fried or baked.

Little pockets filled with love and a taste from home.

Grandma Monona always made the best empanadas for Mamis birthday. But this year Monona is in heaven and Mami is sad. Her birthday wont be the same without Monona.

Star and Sebi know they need a special birthday surprise to cheer up Mami. Maybe they can make Mami Mononas empanadas themselves! But will they be able to capture the same magic as Mononas empanadas if they dont know her secret ingredient

From Yamile Saied Mndez (acclaimed author of Where Are You From and What Will You Be) and Sara Palacios comes a moving and heartfelt picture book about the ways in which we carry those weve lost with us alwaysin pockets of love.

Author Bio

Yamile (pronounced sha-MEE-lay) Saied Mendez was born and raised in Rosario, Argentina to a family with roots from all over the world. She now lives in a small mountain town in the United States with her Puerto Rican husband, five multi-cultural kids, two bilingual dogs, and a herd of deer that love to eat her flowers. She's a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Visit her at yamilesmendez.com.