SnowPal Soccer

Lisa Maria Burgess hand-stitches textile art to illustrate her bilingual books for children. While her first language is English, she speaks Spanish and French with fluency, and enjoys learning the basics of any language she has the pleasure of meeting. Lisa currently divides her time between the United States and Bénin, grew up in México, and has lived around the world as a United Nations spouse. She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a wife and mother.

"With migration, soccer players from across Africa experience (and never quite get used to) snow. This bilingual story will restore humor, fair play, and their beloved football to the long winter months." — I'm Your Neighbor Books "Lisa Maria Burgess has created a gentle story of comradery and childlike goodwill. Her verse wraps itself around the reader with the same comforting pleasure found in the applique illustrations." –Leo Daly, author and illustrator, The Giant and the Olive"A book with a distinctive look – it's all applique fabric – and with a distinctive enough subject matter – a winter solstice night filled with football for two snowmen characters... It's actually about being companionable rather than competitive, and those with Benin heritage will appreciate the creator inserting that half of her family into proceedings." — Theediscerning, Goodreads