The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods

The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods - Hardcover

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The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods - Hardcover

The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods - Hardcover

by Mia Wenjen
$18.99
$18.99

Book Overview

​● California Reading Association Silver Award Winner
​● A 2026 Notable Social Studies Trade Books Award Winner
A mouthwatering exploration of the history of kids' favorite foods from around the world
From pizza to pasta and ice cream to French fries, some of our favorite foods have a surprising history, and many of them have traveled far from where they originated!
Did you know many well-known dishes are food immigrants? The Al Pastor Taco traveled from Lebanon to Puebla, Mexico... French fries originated in Belgium... And pasta arrived in Italy long before Marco Polo visited China.
This fascinating nonfiction book featuring rhyming text takes the reader on travels around the world to celebrate foods, their history, and surprising origins. Join Mia Wenjen for a fact-packed journey of discovery that will make your mouth water as you travel the unexpected road of some of our favorite foods.
ISBN9781636551319
Author Mia Wenjen
PublisherRed Comet Press
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedMay 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages36
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods - Hardcover

By Mia Wenjen

About Mia Wenjen

Mia Wenjen is an Asian American author who blogs about parenting, children's books, and education at pragmaticmom.com. She is the cocreator of Multicultural Children's Book Day/Read Your World. She is the author of several illustrated children's books, including We Sing from the Heart, The Traveling Taco, and Fortune Cookies for Everyone, also from Red Comet Press. Wenjen lives in Boston with her husband and three kids. Follow her at #PragmaticMom on X, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. Violeta Encarnación is an award-winning Cuban illustrator based in Brooklyn. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City and enjoys telling stories through her work and creating art with traditional materials, digital media, and animation. Barbed Wire Between Us is her second picture book project. Visit her online at violetaencarnacion.com.

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