Review by Booklist Review
Mo Romero loves eating veggies. Unfortunately, he and his family are zombies, meaning he should be munching Spanish Zombiana delicacies, like deditos en salsa (fingers in salsa) or empanadas de patipanza ( arm-panadas ), rather than carrots and kale chips. Mo tries to win over his parents by serving them gazpacho disguised as Blood Bile Bisque, which earns him the oft-uttered rebuke, Zombies don't eat veggies! However, this time Mo takes a stand, declaring it's OK to be different. Funny, cartoonish illustrations plant clever details into the scenes, such as a zombified selection of vegetables (e.g., heads of lettuce, ears of corn, artichoke hearts). The Laceras draw upon their own experience as a mixed-race couple to tell an unconventional but utterly relatable story of mixed families and Latin cooking (with a twist). Recipes included!--Rosie Camargo Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
Young zombie Mo Romero has an absolutely despicable craving: vegetables. His parents prefer such delicacies as brain-and-bean tortillas. Even when Mo prepares a meal for them of gazpacho disguised as blood bile bisque, it doesnt win them overat least not at first. This Halloween take on a be-yourself storywith occasional, naturally integrated Spanishis full of wordplay both in the text (Holy aioli!) and in the muted digital illustrations (RIP Juan Moortime, reads a gravestone). Recipes are appended; zombie finger foods, anyone? Concurrently published in Spanish as Los zombis no comen verduras! shoshana flax September/October 2019 p.51(c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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