The Runaway Tortilla. Eric A. Kimmel

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      Text © 2015 by Eric A. Kimmel

      Illustrations © 2015 by Erik Brooks

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or

      transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including

      photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

      without written permission of the publisher.

      The Runaway Tortilla was originally published with artwork

      by Randy Cecil by Winslow Press of Florida in 2000.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Kimmel, Eric A.

       The runaway tortilla / written by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Erik Brooks.

       pages cm

       Originally published in a slightly different form in Delray Beach, FL by Winslow

      Press, 2000.

       Summary: In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs

      away from the woman who is about to cook him.

       ISBN 978-1-941821-69-5 (hardcover)

       ISBN 978-1-941821-88-6 (e-book)

      [1. Fairy tales. 2. Folklore.] I. Brooks, Erik, 1972- illustrator. II. Gingerbread boy.

      English. III. Title.

       PZ8.K527Ru 2015

       398.2—dc23

       [E]

      2015006589

      Art direction by Michelle McCann

      Designed by Vicki Knapton

      Published by WestWindsPress^® An imprint of

      P.O. Box 56118

      Portland, Oregon 97238-6118

      503-254-5591

      www.graphicartsbooks.com

      Once upon a time in Texas, down by the Rio Grande, there lived

      a couple known to all as Tía Lupe and Tío José.

      Tía Lupe and Tío José owned a taquería called El Papagayo

      Feliz, “The Happy Parrot.” Cowboys came from near and far to

      eat there. Everyone said that Tía Lupe and Tío José made the best

      enchiladas, burritos, tacos, and fajitas in all of Texas.

      T he secret was the tortillas. Tía Lupe made each one by hand.

       They were as light as a cloud and as soft as the fuzz on a baby’s

      cheek. “Tía Lupe,” the cowboys warned, “you better not make these