Yesenia Moises is an Afro-Latina Author, Illustrator, and Toy Designer. She uses her colorful illustrations and whimsical designs to create wonder and magic for young readers. In addition to her original Picture Books Sound Like Joy and Stellas Stellar Hair, she also serves as illustrator for Tennis Olympian Serena Williams’ The Adventures of Qai Qai series. Her work has been featured on Buzzfeed, SyFy, NBC News, and on the pages of publishers like DC and Image. In a time where the world can be a scary place, she wants it to be filled with big hair, bright colors, and lots of sazón from the heart!
Sounds Like Joy
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A little mermaid explores the magical feeling of playing and creating with fishy friends in Sounds Like Joy, a colorful underwater picture book and essential read-aloud from Yesenia Moises, illustrator of tennis Olympian Serena Williams’s The Adventures of Qai Qai!
One day, Joy finds something unexpected on the ocean reef. When she shakes it, it makes a brand-new noise!
Soon she and her aquatic animal friends are dancing to the beat and feeling amazing . . . until her “jingle-jangle” loses a few important pieces and stops making the special sound she loves.
The little mermaid’s friends spring into action with some creative noisemaking to cheer her up! How can they use what they have under the sea to make the sound she’s missing?
“The one classroom is all newcomers, port-of-entry students, who this is their first year here, and to hear a story being read to them by a famous author—the connection with the culture was really great. They were dancing; they were laughing. It was really nice.“ ― Warren E. Sooy Elementary School, 2020
