Pizza and Taco: Coolest Club Ever!

Ages 5 to 8, Grades K to 3

Join Pizza and Taco's afterschool club in the next installment of this hilarious graphic novel chapter book series! What happens when these foodie besties have to compete with a video game club for members ?

Pizza and Taco are serving up more awesomeness with a cool new club! They can't wait to talk about all their favorite interests...including making comic books. Lots of people signed up, so they know it's going to be popular! Then why does everyone go to Cheeseburger's video game club instead?! Pizza and Taco have no choice but to check it out. They just might learn that kids want to make comics just as much as they want to play video games! 

This hilarious young graphic novel series—with chapters—will tickle the funny bones of kids ages 5-8 and bolster their reading confidence. It's the perfect stepping stone for those who are transitioning to longer chapter books and graphic novels.

Readers will be hungry to read all eight books in the series! Here are just a few:

Who's the Best?

Super-Awesome Comic!

Too Cool for School

Dare to be Scared!

Series Overview: Here's what's on the Pizza and Taco menu: Who's the Best? (Summer '20); Best Party Ever! (Summer '21); Super-Awesome Comic! (Fall '21); Too Cool For School (Summer '22); Pizza and Taco To Go: 3-Book Boxed Set (Fall '22); Rock Out! (Spring '23); Dare to Be Scared! (Summer '23); Pizza y Taco: ¿Quien es el Mejor? (Spanish edition of WHO'S THE BEST?) (Fall '23); Pizza and Taco Lunch Special: 6-book Boxed Set (Fall '23); Wrestling Mania! (Spring '24); Best Christmas Ever! (Fall '24); Coolest Club Ever! (Spring '25)

About the Author

STEPHEN SHASKAN has written and illustrated over a dozen children's books, including the Pizza and Taco series of graphic chapter books. His picture book, A Dog Is a Dog, was a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection and a CCBC Choices Book. He holds a BFA in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design, and worked with kids for twenty years as an early childhood educator and after-school and summer art teacher. He loves performing at musical storytimes, presenting at schools, conferences, and festivals, and teaches comic classes to kids. Stephen lives with--and often collaborates with--his wife, author Trisha Speed Shaskan, in Minneapolis.

Author Residence: Minneapolis, Minnesota