Dare to Be Scared! by Stephen Shaskan
Series: Pizza and Taco #6
Published by Random House Graphic on June 27, 2023
ISBN: 0593481283
Pages: 72
Genres: Fantasy, Humor
Format: Graphic Novel
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Pizza and Taco are geared up to prove that they are brave in the most recent book in the Pizza and Taco series. Dare to be Scared is a funny graphic novel for early readers with five short chapters and easy-to-understand text. The humor is very clever. In particular, the 3rd chapter (scariest “dariest” movies ) has word plays on popular scary movies that are hilarious. The illustrations are bright and bold throughout with the two silly characters standing out on the page, full of expression in their ultimate goofiness! They work their way up to bravery by staying in a dark closet, thinking about scary movies, to ghost pepper hunting in a creepy cemetery. After scaring each other at least once, they decide that they are both equally NOT SCARED by the end. The 6th book in the series will not disappoint fans of Pizza and Taco.

Reviewed by Terri Bauld, Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library