Pizza and Taco: Too Cool for School

Ages 5 to 8, Grades K to 3

New backpacks? Check! Besties Pizza and Taco are ready to head back to school, but are they ready to meet the cool new kid?

B.L.T. wears sunglasses—even in school! He’s not even worried about being late to class. SO COOL! I mean, “whatever.” Pizza and Taco quickly pick up on what’s cool—and what’s not—by watching B.L.T.’s every move. Will that spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e for Pizza and Taco with their teacher, Mr. Apple? 

This hilarious young graphic novel—with chapters—will tickle the funny bones of kids ages 5-8 and bolster their reading confidence. Young graphic chapter books are a great step on the way to graphic novels and longer chapter books.

Readers will also love the first three books in the series:

Pizza and Taco: Who’s the Best?

Pizza and Taco: Best Party Ever!

Pizza and Taco: Super-Awesome Comic!

Series Overview: 1. PIZZA AND TACO: WHO’S THE BEST? (Summer ’20)

2. PIZZA AND TACO: THE BEST PARTY EVER! (Summer ’21)

3. PIZZA AND TACO: SUPER AWESOME COMIC (Fall ’21)

4. PIZZA AND TACO: TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL (Summer ’22)

5. PIZZA AND TACO: ROCK OUT! (Spring ’23)

6. PIZZA AND TACO: tbd (Fall ’23)

About the Author

STEPHEN SHASKAN has written and illustrated a dozen children’s books, including the Pizza and Taco series of graphic chapter books. His debut picture book, A Dog Is a Dog, was a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection and was 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 an after-school and summer art teacher. He performs musical storytimes, presents 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. Visit him at stephenshaskan.com.

Author Residence: Minneapolis, Minnesota