This story is written with a sweet twist on the age-old “yo mama” joke, celebrating fierce moms everywhere with playful lyricism and gorgeous illustrations.
NoNieqa Ramos is an educator and writer of picture books and young adult literature. They wrote THE DISTURBED GIRL’S DICTIONARY, a 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens, a 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection, and 2019 In the Margins Award Top Ten pick. It earned starred reviews from Booklist, Voya, and Foreword.
Lilliam Rivera, the author of DEALING in DREAMS, selected their sophomore book, THE TRUTH IS, as a Bustle Book Club selection. Hip Latina included TTI in the “10 of the Best Latinx Young Adult Books of 2019.” Remezcla included TTI in the “15 Best Books by Latino and Latin American Authors of 2019.”
Their debut picture book, YOUR MAMA, illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara, earned starred reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Kirkus. The Virginia Center for the Book selected YOUR MAMA as Virginia’s GREAT READ for 2021, highlighted by the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book at the National Book Festival. YOUR MAMA was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, a School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2021, a Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2021, and a National Council of English Books Notable Poetry Book.
Lerner books released their picture book HAIR STORY, illustrated by Keisha Morris, on September 7th, 2021. Versify will publish BEAUTY WOKE, illustrated by Paola Escobar, on February 15th, 2022. NoNieqa is a proud member of the Las Musas Books collective and the Soaring 20s PB debut group.
A sweet twist on the age-old “yo mama” joke, celebrating fierce moms everywhere with playful lyricism and gorgeous illustrations, Your Mama is an essential Mother’s Day read.
Yo’ mama so sweet, she could be a bakery. She dresses so fine, she could have a clothing line. And, even when you mess up, she’s so forgiving, she lets you keep on living.
Heartwarming and richly imagined, Your Mama twists an old joke into a point of pride that honors the love, hard work, and dedication of mamas everywhere.
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