Wash Day Cover:Hardcover Plátanos are Yesenia’s favorite food

Plátanos are Yesenia’s favorite food

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bittersweet debut about one girl's journey to reconnect with her mother and learn the truth about her father in the tumultuous times of the Jim Crow South

Wash Day Cover:Hardcover Plátanos are Yesenia’s favorite foodMeet Jelaya (jeh LAY uh.) She hates wash day. The tugs! The scrubs! The pinching and pulling! Jelaya can't think of a worse way to spend the day. That is, until her big sister Jazmin explains that this wash day will be different. Jelaya is going to wash Jazmin's hair instead! Wash Day is a sweet and honest exploration of the beauty and tradition of wash days. Offering gentle guidance and framing the all day affair as an act of self care, this picture