Welcome to Swoony Boys Podcast! When our friends over at Penguin Kids asked us if we wanted to participate in a blog tour for Dragons Love Tacos 2 we were ridiculously excited! We loved the first book and couldn’t wait for the sequel. We’ve got a Dragons Love Tacos 2 Mini Swoon Review from Meg’s boys, Luca & Matteo! We also have our own review to share and we’re going to help you get to know author, Adam Rubin and illustrator, Daniel Salmieri a little bit better too. Ready to go? Let’s start with the 411…
***About the Book***
Dragons Love Tacos 2 The Sequel by Adam Rubin
Published by Dial, Penguin Group on May 2nd, 2017
Genres: Children's Fiction
Pages: 48
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The hilarious sequel to the smokin' hot New York Times best seller, perfect for story time
News alert! It has just been discovered that there are NO MORE TACOS left anywhere in the world. This is a huge problem because, as you know, dragons love tacos. If only there was a way for the dragons to travel back in time, to before tacos went extinct. Then they could grab lots of tacos and bring them back! It's the perfect plan, as long as there's no spicy salsa. You remember what happened last time . . .
The award-winning creators of Robo-Sauce and Secret Pizza Party return with a gut-bustingly hilarious companion to the bestselling phenomenon Dragons Love Tacos.
***Our Review***
What We Loved:
We’re not going to lie, we were pretty worried that the sequel wouldn’t hold up to the awesomeness of the first book. We shouldn’t have doubted it for a second. This one was just as good. Same gorgeous and hilarious illustrations. Same fast-paced humorous flow. The pages were filled with more dragons and more tacos plus Frankenstein, time travel, diapers, and so much more. It’s been read almost every night since release day in Meg’s house and no one is tired of it yet. That’s high praise! If you haven’t gotten your kiddos (or yourself!) a copy yet, you need to run out and grab one now!
Verdict:
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| Overall: | 5 |
***Mini Swoons Review***
WHAT? THIS WAS AWESOME! I want to read it 100 times. I really really really liked the page about diapers and the one about pizza! And all the pictures were awesome like in the first tacos book. Is there going to be a third taco book? (I hope so buddy, I hope so!)
***Mini Swoons Review***
Mom, I didn’t think I’d like this one as much as I liked the first one, but I did! Every page made me laugh, especially when he kept messing up the time machine and we got to see funny stuff from the other book and new stuff like Dragons Love Diapers! Can we get another copy so I can have my own? Mattie’s never going to share! (The answer was yes, we got a 2nd copy the next day!)
***Meet Author Adam Rubin***
Adam Rubin is the New York Times best-selling author of a half dozen critically-acclaimed picture books including Secret Pizza Party and Robo-Sauce. He spent ten years working as a creative director in the advertising industry before leaving his day job to write full time. Adam has a keen interest in improv comedy, camping and magic tricks.
***Meet Illustrator Daniel Salmieri***
Daniel Salmieri has illustrated many fantastic picture books, including the New York Times bestseller Robo-Sauce. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, constantly drawing and painting images of ninja turtles, dinosaurs, and fighter jets (not in the same scene…), and graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
***GIVEAWAY***
Enter for a chance to be one (1) grand prize winner and receive a set of Dragons Love Tacos and Dragons Love Tacos 2 (ARV: $17.99 each), or to be one (1) of five (5) second place winners to receive Dragons Love Tacos 2 (ARC: $17.99 each).
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter between 12:00 AM Eastern Time on May 1, 2017 and 12:00 AM on May 29, 2017. Open to residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia who are 13 and older. Winners will be selected at random on or about June 2, 2017. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
Good luck & thanks for ‘mini-swooning’ with us!
Make Sure You Check Out All The Stops On The Tour:
- May 1 – In Wonderland – Jane Austen Taco Hunt
- May 2 – The Children’s Book Review – Review
- May 3 – A Homeschool Mom – Tacos in the Renaissance
- May 4 – Inspiration Laboratories – Tacos in Space
- May 5 – Ali’s Book Nook – Dragon Paper Doll Activity
- May 8 – The Book Nut – Tacos in Ancient Greece
- May 9 – A Story A Day – Tacos During the Civil War
- May 10 – Pirates n’ Pixie Dust – Taco Pirates
- May 11 – Margie’s Must Reads – Review
- May 12 – My Little Poppies
- May 15 – Super Mommy to the Rescue
- May 16 – As They Grow Up
- May 17 – YA Book Nerd
- May 18 – Swoony Boys Podcast – Review & Mini Swoon
- May 19 – The Plot Bunny – A Dragons Love Tacos Playlist
- May 22 – Reading is Better with Cupcakes – How to Properly Eat a Taco
- May 23 – No BS Book Reviews
- May 24 – Mundie Kids –Time Travelling with a Dragon Checklist
- May 25 – The Book Shire
- May 26 – Artsy Momma
We loved the first one and can’t read to read the sequel!
So glad to read that you liked the sequel. The Twins love the Original story so I’m sure they will like Vol 2 just as much.
My kids love the Dragons and love to dress up like dragons.
Thanks for your post and reviews. Love the story and illustrations