Vitamina Books explores nuestra comida, cultura and places in Latino & Latina vecindarios, neighborhoods, parques y plazas. From the tacos we all grew up eating like barbacoa and huevos con chorizo, places in and around our neighborhoods like taquerias, trucks and cultural references that empower our children to embrace their Mexican and Latinx identities and roots. Nuestra comida is connected to special places in our communities and includes food we all grew up with that everyone can enjoy and learn from. This book is an alphabet book, a taco dictionary, a cultural guide and a reminder of the importance of tacos, places y la cultura Latina. Vitamina Books are a 3-part of a book series that explores food, places y cultura.
The authors, Mando Rayo and Suzanne Garcia-Mateus, are both from the Texas borderlands (El Paso, Brownsville) and raised in Mexican communities in the U.S. Mando is the author of The Tacos of Texas, Austin Breakfast Tacos books, Executive Producer & co-host of United Tacos of America television show. Suzanne is an Assistant Professor of Education and the Director of the Monterey Institute for English Learners at California State University - Monterey Bay where she advocates for equity and social justice in culturally and linguistically diverse schools. Vitamina T book series is Illustrated by Martha Samaniego Calderón. Martha is from Xalapa, Veracruz (México). She has an MA in Art Education from the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas. Martha is a co-author and illustrator of the bilingual children's book Behind my Mask Detrás de mi cubrebocas. Contact us for more info.
