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Mistaco
  • Published: 29 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593700235
  • Imprint: Kokila
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $44.99

Mistaco

A Tale of Tragedy y Tortillas

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EBook
1 Apr 2025
Hardback
29 Apr 2025
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* “[W]ith magnificently scrawled artwork, Kinkz offers a story that blends deep empathy, raucous candor, and a useful ritual for dealing with shame.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

A chaotically funny debut picture book about a girl who's had a terrible day full of mistakes and finds that making mistacos could be a delicious solution.

* “[W]ith magnificently scrawled artwork, Kinkz offers a story that blends deep empathy, raucous candor, and a useful ritual for dealing with shame.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

A chaotically funny debut picture book about a girl who's had a terrible day full of mistakes and finds that making mistacos could be a delicious solution.

After an awful day at school (including a tragic but plausibly deniable mishap with a pudding cup), Izzy wants to be left alone. But it's Friday, and that means making tortillas with Lito.

As the mistakes pile up, they come tumbling out of Izzy—and Lito surprises her by saying everyone makes mistakes, and if she makes a tortilla out of her mistakes, he will EAT it. 

"Mmmm. . .spicy! And boogery! With a hint of courage. My favorite taco EVER!"

Suddenly, the whole family is confessing and getting mistakes off their chests with a feast of mistacos! A delightfully silly picture book for fans of Dragons Love Tacos and The Book of Mistakes. Includes instructions on how to make and enjoy your own mistacos!
  • Published: 29 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593700235
  • Imprint: Kokila
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $44.99
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About the author

Eliza Kinkz

Eliza Kinkz is a Tejana artist who’s never stopped viewing the world through the bright colors of her crayons, AND she’s even eaten a few too! She was the 2022 James Marshall Fellow and has illustrated many hilarious picture books, including Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock by Jesús Trejo, which won a Pura Belpré Illustration Honor. All her ridiculous scribbles burst straight from her heart, which is overflowing with joy . . . and probably a few crayon pieces. Eliza lives in Austin, Texas, with her family and her one true love, a huge bowl of queso. ¡Mistaco! is her author-illustrator debut, and you can spill all the frijoles to her at ElizaKinkz.com.
portrait photo of Eliza Kinkz

Praise for Mistaco

Praise for Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clock:
A Pura Belpré Illustration Honor!
* "Kinkz’s scrappy watercolor-blended artwork bursts with bright colors and amusing details, matching its tiny hero’s chaotic spirit." —Kirkus, starred review

"A wild combination of pitch perfect visual gags with flourishes to the art that make it feel like an actual kid had a hand in its creation somewhere along the line...Eliza is capable of bringing personality to everything... and you begin to understand why this book seems to thrum with energy on every page." —Betsy Bird, for School Library Journal

* "Exuberantly scribbled pencil, ink, watercolor, gouache, and crayon drawings give the animated prose an exuberant immediacy and plenty of heart." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Praise for Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clock:
A Pura Belpré Illustration Honor!
* "Kinkz’s scrappy watercolor-blended artwork bursts with bright colors and amusing details, matching its tiny hero’s chaotic spirit." —Kirkus, starred review

"A wild combination of pitch perfect visual gags with flourishes to the art that make it feel like an actual kid had a hand in its creation somewhere along the line...Eliza is capable of bringing personality to everything... and you begin to understand why this book seems to thrum with energy on every page." —Betsy Bird, for School Library Journal

* "Exuberantly scribbled pencil, ink, watercolor, gouache, and crayon drawings give the animated prose an exuberant immediacy and plenty of heart." —Publishers Weekly, starred review