Training Day (El Toro & Friends), written by Raul the Third, reviewed by Judy Hauser

Summary: Another fun, humorous book by Raul the Third with more great illustrations by Elaine Bay. Aninteresting dilemma for El Toro! His big wrestling match with The Wall is coming up and he does not feel like training. His trainer, Kooky Dooky, tries everything to get El Toro motivated to train. He makes El Toro breakfast, tries to get him to exercise and even gets him to swing at the spiked pinatas of doom. The text and illustrations are fun and keep the reader's interest. An added feature is that some text is followed by the words and phrases in Spanish. For example, "To teach you patience, you must help the grandmothers, las abuelas, cross the street." Young readers, and listeners, will enjoy the humor in the book but will also learn how to be quick on their feet, how to develop their senses, how to have patience and other life skills. They may learn something helpful like El Toro! 

Straight Talk for Librarians: Another fun book by Raul the Third. Young children will enjoy the steps El Toro goes through to train for a big wrestling match. The illustrations are great too.