Dragon's First Taco (from the creators of Dragons Love Tacos)

Author Adam Rubin
Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
Let the New York Times bestselling team behind Dragons Love Tacos introduce the joy of dragons to the youngest of readers in this original board book shaped like a taco!

What do you get when you take a tortilla, fold it in half, and fill it with all sorts of delicious things? A taco, of course! 

This little dragon's first taco will surely not be their last in this lively, funny board book that introduces the magic of tacos and dragons.
Adam Rubin is the author of a dozen critically acclaimed picture books, which have sold more than five million copies combined. They include Dragons Love Tacos, Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel, High Five, Gladys the Magic Chicken, Secret Pizza Party, Robo-Sauce, the Those Darn Squirrels trilogy, and El Chupacabras, which won the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Publishers Weekly called his #1 New York Times bestselling story collection The Ice Cream Machine a "madcap middle grade debut." Visit Adam online at adamrubinhasawebsite.com and follow him on Twitter @rubingo. View titles by Adam Rubin
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Daniel Salmieri is an artist and illustrator from New York City. He has illustrated 12 picture books including four best-sellers, one of which is Dragons Love Tacos. He regularly contributes to The New Yorker and The New York Times and other print and digital media. Daniel currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, son, and their dog Ronni. View titles by Daniel Salmieri
"Having irrefutably established that Dragons Love Tacos, Rubin and Salmieri offer a taco-shaped board book to welcome youngest dragons to the gustatory club." —Publishers Weekly
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Let the New York Times bestselling team behind Dragons Love Tacos introduce the joy of dragons to the youngest of readers in this original board book shaped like a taco!

What do you get when you take a tortilla, fold it in half, and fill it with all sorts of delicious things? A taco, of course! 

This little dragon's first taco will surely not be their last in this lively, funny board book that introduces the magic of tacos and dragons.

Author

Adam Rubin is the author of a dozen critically acclaimed picture books, which have sold more than five million copies combined. They include Dragons Love Tacos, Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel, High Five, Gladys the Magic Chicken, Secret Pizza Party, Robo-Sauce, the Those Darn Squirrels trilogy, and El Chupacabras, which won the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Publishers Weekly called his #1 New York Times bestselling story collection The Ice Cream Machine a "madcap middle grade debut." Visit Adam online at adamrubinhasawebsite.com and follow him on Twitter @rubingo. View titles by Adam Rubin
© Daniel Cochran
Daniel Salmieri is an artist and illustrator from New York City. He has illustrated 12 picture books including four best-sellers, one of which is Dragons Love Tacos. He regularly contributes to The New Yorker and The New York Times and other print and digital media. Daniel currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, son, and their dog Ronni. View titles by Daniel Salmieri

Praise

"Having irrefutably established that Dragons Love Tacos, Rubin and Salmieri offer a taco-shaped board book to welcome youngest dragons to the gustatory club." —Publishers Weekly

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