The Traveling Taco
The Amazing & Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods
By Mia Wenjen & Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
$19.99
36 pages • Hardcover • Ages 5-8 • 8.5" x 12" • ISBN: 978-1-63655-131-9 • Available May 6, 2025
An 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.
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Mia Wenjen
Mia blogs about parenting, children’s books, and education at pragmaticmom.com. She is the co-creator of Multicultural Children’s Book Day/Read Your World. She is the author of several illustrated children’s books and lives in Boston with her husband and three kids. Follow her at PragmaticMom and on X, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook.
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Kimberlie Clinthrone-Wong
Kimberlie is an illustrator, designer, and ceramicist from Hawaii. She received a BFA in drawing from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a BFA in illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She has illustrated several picture books and currently lives and works in Ann Arbor, Michigan.