National Taco Day!

Today is National Taco Day! If you are like me, you LOVE to eat tacos! In honor of this fantastic food, I want to share some of the fun books that the library has for taco lovers. Try these tasty stories!

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin illustrated by Daniel Salmieri

This is a classic taco-lover book. Basically, it is about a whole bunch of dragons who love to eat tacos so much that things tend to get very hot when the spicy salsa gets on a dragon’s dinner plate. Bonus: there is a sequel!

It’s Raining Tacos by Parry Gripp illustrated by Peter Emmerich

This is a song in a book—and if you want to hear the song head over to YouTube to listen. Essentially, this is just a silly song in a book celebrating how fun it is to eat tacos!

Let’s Taco About How Great You Are by Bob Holt

If you want a young reader to find a book filled with puns and uplifting advice and encouragement, this is the book for you. Although it isn’t totally about tacos, the food-fun puns are worth a look.

Little Taco Truck by Tanya Valentine illustrated by Jorge Martin

This is a little more serious of a taco book. The taco truck loves serving workers on Union Street but is worried when other food trucks arrive if anyone will still want tacos.

Pizza & Taco: Who’s the Best? By Stephen Shaskan

In this silly comic book Pizza and Taco are trying to figure out which food is better—and then they have to define what being the best really means.

Comments

Funny Farm by Mark Teague 2009

There are things I liked about Mark Teague's newest book, Funny Farm , and things I didn't like. Where should I start? I'll do the "didn'ts" first. The illustrations show animals personified. Well, some of the animals are. The main characters, Edward, and his farm family relatives, all dogs, are humanized. They stand upright, do farm chores, eat at a table, wear clothes, knit (yes, with paws) and sleep in beds. Most everybody else on and around the farm, who are also animals, act like animals. They are outside, roll in mud, live in the barn, and require care from their owners. It struck me the most on the page spread where there are pigs playing in puddle in the rain and Edward, a black and white boxer, watches from inside the house. I thought "You're a dog! Go play with them!" But, alas, he can't, seeing as how he goes through his entire visit to the farm wearing a suit and red bow tie. Another picture that bothered me was the maple syrup pa...

The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester 2008

J Fiction 328 pages I almost didn't finish this book. I got to Chapter 4, and was just about ready to quit (a kind of slow story about a girl, name of Piper McCloud, who discovers she can fly, parents freak out, she becomes a social outcast, yadda, yadda) but suddenly, right there in Chapter 4, the story takes a sharp turn and becomes really interesting . Piper finds herself in the company of others like her, but not "fliers", and under the care and authority of Dr. Hellion. I won't even tell you any more. Read this book. Forester does a great job of keeping you wondering who's the good guy and who's the bad? Piper is a likeable, strong, endearing character that girl readers will enjoy. But don't NOT give it to boys! The main male character is an extremely intelligent young man who is one of the ones you wonder about . . . good or bad? This is a good one, well worth your time.

Review: Super Boba Cafe

Super Boba Café By Nidhi Chanani New York: Amulet Books, 2023. Comics. 215 pages. 14-year-old Aria is excited to spend her summer in San Francisco getting quality time with her Nainai. She loves helping at her grandmother's Super Boba Café. But she can't help but notice that her grandmother is acting strange and secretive. She refuses to let Aria into the kitchen at all and she disappears at the same time each night without telling Aria where she goes. Meanwhile, Aria is eager to drum up more business for Super Boba Café. She gets a major windfall when the shop cat, Bao, surprises them by having kittens, and Aria realizes this is a major social media opportunity. She knows this will help Nainai's shop, but she is apprehensive to get back on social media after a terrible cyberbullying experience she had back home. As the shop starts to get busier, Nainai is more and more anxious about her secret project. This prompts Aria to investigate with help from her Nainai's neighb...

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