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Tacos Today: El Toro & Friends

by Raúl the Third, colors by Elaine Bay

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Tacos Today: El Toro & Friends by Raúl the Third, colors by Elaine Bay appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around comics & graphic novels, kids’ books, cookbooks & food, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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