Mud Tacos Spanish Language Edition

by Mario López, Marissa Lopez wong, Maryn Roos (Illustrator)

While making mud tacos in the yard, siblings Marissa and Mario decide to have real tacos for lunch and so ask Nana to walk them to the store to get the ingredients for their tasty meal, but when cousin Chico comes along and starts acting super mature, the duo know just what to do to make him feel like a kid again.

Genres: Picture Books, Food, Childrens, Spanish Literature

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Actor and entertainer Mario López loves fitness: and it sure shows!

Reviews

[Andre Gonzalez]

Fun read with the kids!

[Lauren Windey]

Mario and Marissa, a brother-sister duo, have a very strong imagination. While making mud tacos one day, they both get the idea to make actual tacos at lunch with their Nana. Nana invites them to the store, along with their cousins, Chico and Rosie, to buy the ingredients needed. When older cousin Chico starts making fun of his younger cousins' imagination, they decide to give him a taste of revenge, with a little help from their imagination.

This book is great for encouraging kids to use their imagination. Additionally, as a future teacher, it can be a helpful tool to teach about bullying, and how not to act like Chico. The full page, colorful, illustrations draw the reader in, while the story promotes an active imagination. I enjoyed the story because it reminded me of my own childhood and fond memories playing restaurant with my own brother. A great for more advanced readers or to read to the child.

[Annie Zagorec]

I liked this book because I found it to be culturally diverse, and also have some good messages in it. This book shows how hurtful bullies can be, and it shows how great imaginations can be. I liked the illustrations in the book, and I think they added a lot to the story. I thought this book was a little long compared to some other picture books I have read, so I wouldn’t recommend reading it to very young children because I think they would lose attention. Other than that, I thought this was a great story that can help bring up the topic of bullying.

[Paris Krug]

This book was fun to read as i found the book to have a lot of cultural diversity in it as conveying a message. This book shows how hurtful bullies can be, and it shows how great imagination can be. I liked the illustrations in this book as it added a lot more meaning to the book itself. I thought this book was a little long compared to some other picture books I have read. I think younger students would tend to lose attention over this book. Overall, I thought this book was a great story that can help bring up the topic of bullying.

[M. Lomeli]

Cute story written by Mario Lopez and his sisters, with anti-bullying themes and illustrates the importance of using imagination. The illustrations are cute and really add to the story. Even though the kids are making mud taco in the book, it got me craving real tacos.

[John]

What a fun read! But, mud tacos? Eww! However, they are fun to make! This is just a silly story, but talks about being nice.

[Ashley Klausmeyer]

I really enjoyed this book, because it sends a good message to children about how harmful bullying can be. In the classroom this could teach the kids how to respect one another and not be rude. As a teacher, I could also do an activity with play-doh after reading this book. The children could make their own taco out of play-doh and then check out their classmates tacos.

[mb !]

good concept, wordy for pre-k friends but they like it + i have to read this book every day, the book is written by mario + marissa irl

[Ashley Steele]

Mario and Marissa are playing outside and while using their imagination they gather things from their yard to make tacos. They used leaves, mud, and sticks for their famous mud tacos. Then they started getting hungry for real tacos and asked their grandmother to make some. Unfortunately they did not have all the ingredients so they all wen to the store and picked up their cousins; Chico and Rosie. Chico was not being very nice to Marissa because he was the oldest and would make rude statements to the other children. When they all got home, the children all went outside to play while their grandmother made tacos. The children made their mud tacos and pretended to eat them but the oldest chico would not play until the others told him since he is the oldest he should be the first to eat the tacos. Chico almost ate one of the tacos but Marissa saved him, then Chico was nice to everyone again.

This book is filled with bright bold colors and I would recommend this book to a second grader. It would be great for a child dealing with a bully or a child that wants to use their imagination in a positive way at home. I really enjoyed this book because I can remember having a family member treating me ugly because of the age difference. The book was wonderfully written and the pictures were life-like but made like cartoons similar to "Dora The Explorer."

[Lindsay]

I checked out Tacos de Lodo from the circulating Spanish collection to use a for mud-themed program for both Spanish and bilingual story times (there is also an English version called Mud Tacos). There is nothing wrong with the story per se, but every now and then I get so caught up with a theme rather than electing a book that would actually work in story time. In this case, I KNEW it might be too long, so I decided, beforehand, that I would summarize some of the pages/clip them back. The older children and parents enjoyed this story much more than the younger children, but I also had some toddler- and preschool-level books in the mix for the program, so no major harm. However, it gets a two for story time.

This would be a three-star story to read to children in the younger elementary grades. It incorporates themes like getting along with others (the cousin is GRUMPY!), playing with siblings, and using one's imagination.

[Maggie Mattmiller]

What a fun story with wonderful illustrations! Children find the mud tacos completely silly and giggle and squirm at the mere idea of eating a mud taco! The book also has a good story of getting along with family (siblings and cousins), and being nice to one another. It's also a breath of fresh air to read a book that is encouraging kids to play outside and use their imagination in a day and age where so many kids have their own computers, video games, etc.
Comment

[Alice]

I really hate it when celebrities think they should write books but, but this one wasn't bad at all! What kid hasn't made a mud pie, sand cake, etc. I like the illustrations and the book will fit perfectly with our summer reading program!

[Shianne Cokely]

Cute story about young kids getting over bickering and coming together. I think it would be a good concept book for teaching students how to get along. It's also a multicultural book and it'd be good for kids to be exposed to.

[Dani]

Mario Lopez? THAT Mario Lopez? Yep.

[Darlene]

Very easy to read and colorful children's book written by a brother and sister team. Great colorful illustrations make the book very appealing to read to young children.

[Liz]

My son loved this book.

[Beth]

Just saying...I own a husky, you wouldn't walk to the grocery store with it off the leash lol.

[Mollie B]

good life lessons, tacos are better without mud