![]() When Lola comes, the whole family gathers to cook and eat and share in their happiness of another season spent together. ![]() And in turn, her granddaughter brings Lola to the beach, to view fireworks at the park, and to catch fish at their lake. For her lola fills the house with the aroma of mango jam, funny stories of baking mishaps, and her quiet sweet singing in Tagalog. But summer doesn’t start until her lola-her grandmother from the Philippines-comes for her annual visit. For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spent at the pool, of picking golden limes off the trees. ![]() My debut picture book When Lola Visits comes out very soon, on May 18th! It was illustrated by the amazing Aaron Asis whose expressive brush stroke is painterly, innovative and exquisite all at once. ![]()
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