# Tacos Today: El Toro & Friends: A Graphic Novel - Hardcover

by **Raúl the Third** (Author), **Raúl the Third** (Illustrator), **Elaine Bay** (Illustrator)

**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.

### Author Biography

**Raúl the Third** is the Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator of the World of ¡Vamos!, including _¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat_ and _¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market_, and the illustrator of _Stuntboy, in the Meantime_ by Jason Reynolds. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his collaborator and fellow artist, Elaine Bay.

**Number of Pages:** 56

**Dimensions:** 0.39 x 9.13 x 6.54 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 28, 2023

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Tacos Today

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.5

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 12.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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