The Runaway Tortilla

By: Eric A. Kimmel, Erik Brooks (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 6 September 2016

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Paperback
34 Pages

Age
5 - 8

Grade
K - 03

Dimensions(cm)
25.4 x 20.32 x 0.23

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A sassy tortilla, so light she jumps off the griddle, leads an elaborate game of chase through the desert while taunting a passel of critters-two horned toads, three donkeys, four jackrabbits, five rattlesnakes, and six buckaroos. But has she met her match in Se±or Coyote?

Industry Reviews

"Perfection can be dangerous, as restaurateurs Ta Lupe and To Jos© discover when one of their delicious tortillas comes to life and runs away. The handmade tortillas, "light as a cloud and as soft as the fuzz on a baby's cheek," are so gravity-defying that one takes off, pursued at first by the couple, and then by a parade of conejos (rabbits), sapos cornudos (lizards), vaqueros (cowboys), and other locals. The story should sound familiar; it's a Spanish-sprinkled update of The Gingerbread Man....The text is energetic, and the baked-in Spanish avoids feeling dumbed down; it's placed so well in context that non-Spanish-speaking readers won't feel lost. The illustrations evocatively convey the cacti, sand-beached rubble, and reptilian fauna of the Southwest as well as the crispy-masa body of the tortilla herself...Anyone who's ever driven across town for the perfect taco will understand the allure of the world's most entertaining tortilla." -Kirkus Reviews

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