The Dragons Love Tacos series, Book 1 Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri Dial Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book Themes: Dragons ****
Description
If you want to make friends with dragons, your best bet is tacos... but be careful, because as much as dragons love tacos, they can't stand spicy
salsa.
Review
We had some down time at work, so I gave this a read. Light-hearted and amusing, it was a pleasant way to spend my break, and that's all I asked of
it. The pictures by Daniel Salmieri are simple and whimsical, fitting the tone of the story. (It also serves as a cautionary tale about following
directions...)
The Dragons Love Tacos series, Book 2 Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri Dial Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book Themes: Dragons, Time Travel ****
Description
All the taco-loving dragons are crying. What's wrong? Tacos are officially extinct! Fortunately, you keep a time machine in the garage for just such
an emergency. All you have to do is go back, grab a few taco seeds, and plant trees for the future. But time travel's never that easy, not even in
picture books...
Review
Another down-time read at work... For all that the first book didn't really need a sequel, this one's fun enough, even if it lacks a little of the
voice that made the first volume chuckleworthy. Naturally, "your" time travel efforts create more problems than they solve. Amusing, though marginally
less so than the original.
Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri Dial Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book Themes: Anthropomorphism, Thieves ****
Description
Pizzas are beautiful. Pizzas are tasty. Pizzas are all a little raccoon dreams about. But nasty humans always hoard pizzas for themselves. How can
he achieve his heart's desire without being thwacked on the head with a broom? Why, by throwing a secret pizza party, of course!
Review
Another quick read during some down time at work... It's an inherently silly tale, but a fun one. The raccoon schemes and plans, while pizza
continually torments him and brooms continually threaten him. It made me chuckle.
