Tacos Today: El Toro and Friends
Tacos Today: El Toro and Friends
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Just the Series: Toro and Friends   

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Annotation: From Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator Raúl the Third, Tacos Today follows the young luchadores on the hunt for their favorite lunch in a funny, action-packed El Toro & Friends paper-over-board early reader from the World of ¡Vamos!
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #315053
Format: Perma-Bound from Publisher's Hardcover
Special Formats: Graphic Novel Graphic Novel
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Copyright Date: 2022
Edition Date: 2023 Release Date: 03/28/23
Pages: 43 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-358-53937-4 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-1404-9
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-358-53937-7 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-1404-9
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2022952410
Dimensions: 23 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 CST 2023)

Caution: don't read this while hungry! This mouthwatering early-reader comic follows El Toro and his luchador pals on a hunt for Tuesday's favorite food group: tacos. After they all fantasize about their favorite taco fillings, such as fish, cactus, and beef tongue, La Oink Oink comes up with a plan to earn the cash they need to eat their fill of delicious tacos. In usual Raul the Third and Bay fashion, each page is richly decorated, full of action and gorgeous color, drawing the eye every which way to discover myriad details. As with their other books, this one is bilingual; the translated lines are primarily dialogue or key words in speech balloons. The luchadores in this story are younger versions of the ones in the World of ¡Vamos! books, though the visual style and overall energetic tone carry through, nicely expanding the universe of the original series titles for kids who can't get enough of the wrestling pals.

School Library Journal (Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Gr 1–3— Young El Toro and his fellow luchadores (Armor Dillo, Lizards, Jack A. Lopez, and La Oink Oink) want tacos for lunch but lack the funds to make it happen. After taking the party bus to Taco Square, the group starts performing their luchador skills in order to earn the required taco money and ultimately satisfy their hungry bellies. In this early reader graphic novel—style work, which employs a mix of paneled pages and ample full spreads, detailed backgrounds combined with upbeat and expressive character design allow young readers to fully immerse themselves in the anthropomorphic animal "World of &1;Vamos!" Centered on a fairly benign conflict (aka getting money for tacos), the short but focused plot emphasizes problem-solving, positivity, and teamwork. The incorporated Spanish words and phrases within the text stand out thanks to purple font color, and their meanings are easy to decipher from surrounding context. VERDICT A great pick for beginning readers who are just getting the hang of graphic novels. Only downside? It will make you hungry for tacos!

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ALA Booklist (Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 CST 2023)
School Library Journal (Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
Word Count: 613
Reading Level: 2.5
Interest Level: K-3
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 2.5 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 521857 / grade: Lower Grades

An Eisner Award Nominee!

An NPR Books We Love Selection

An ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children Selection

A Children’s Book Council Children’s Favorite

A Children’s Book Council Librarian Favorite

A Children’s Book Council Teacher Favorite

“Outrageously creative! Kids will drink in every imaginative detail in El Toro’s wild world!” —Jeff Kinney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

From New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award–winning author-illustrator Raúl the Third, Tacos Today follows the young luchadores on the hunt for their favorite lunch in an action-packed, graphic-novel-style El Toro & Friends paper-over-board reader from the Eisner-nominated World of ¡Vamos!

It’s lunchtime for young El Toro and his friends—and each one is looking forward to a different kind of taco, their favorite!

The luchadores take a break from their training and head into town to eat. When they count their lunch money and discover they don’t have enough for tacos, they will have to work together on a creative, fun solution to earn plenty of dinero for a delicious all-you-can-eat spectacular!

Flavored with Spanish phrases and topped with plenty of humor, this early reader graphic novel is essential for those who want an action-packed story and lots of laughs.


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