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Menudo Sunday
  • Published: 5 August 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593462263
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 40

Menudo Sunday

A Spanglish Counting Book

Formats & editions
EBook
5 Aug 2025
Hardback
3 Sept 2025
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Paletero Man meets Besos for Baby in this Spanish-English counting picture book that’s bursting with all the love, laughter, and chaos found at a large family gathering.

Sundays are the best: that’s when a little girl and her mamá, abuelitos, tías and primos all gather together to eat yummy menudo, a traditional Mexican soup. But when playtime with the cousins and family dogs gets out of hand and Abuelito Esteban’s special bowl of menudo breaks, everyone has to pitch in to make a new batch! Through all the menudo mishaps and sneaky snacks for perritos with wagging tails, young readers will giggle as they learn to count from 1-15 in Spanish and English. Bonus materials at the back of the book include a glossary of Spanish words, a note from the author, and tips for hosting your very own Menudo Sunday!

A Chicago Public Library and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
  • Published: 5 August 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593462263
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 40

About the authors

María Dolores Águila

María Dolores Águila is the author of the Newbery Honor Book A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez, as well as the picture books Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park and Menudo Sunday: A Spanglish Counting Book. A Chicana poet and writer, she is deeply inspired by Chicane history and art, and seeks to write empowering and inclusive stories about everything she learns.

Mirelle Ortega is author-illustrator of Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land, a Pura Belpré Honor Book, and River of Mariposas. She has illustrated a number of picture books, including Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life by Polo Orozco and Mamiachi & Me: My Mami's Mariachi Band by Jolene and Dakota Gutiérrez, as well as the Love Sugar Magic middle grade series by Anna Meriano.
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Erika Meza

Erika Meza was born in Mexico, fell in love with animation on the border with California, and developed a taste for éclairs in Paris before moving to the U.K. An adoptive Tijuanense, she took her first steps to find her visual voice at the border—forever fueled by tacos de birria. When Erika isn't drawing, you'll find her drinking coffee, tweeting, or plotting ways to bring her cat traveling with her. Learn more about her work at erikameza.com and follow her @ErikaDraws.
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