Mario Lopez Wants To Show Kids His Mud Taco

Life & Style magazine claims that Mario Lopez is writing a children’s book, Mud Taco, that will be published by Penguin in 2009. The book is inspired by how Mario and his sister Marissa (who is co-writing the book) would entertain themselves by making tacos out of mud, as they didn’t have enough money for regular toys.

For fun, he and Marissa would make tacos out of mud in the backyard, substituting worms for cheese, grass for lettuce and mud for meat. Everyone but Mario would dare Marissa to eat one, but she’d refuse. Now they’re writing a book about it to teach to be strong and creative.

While it would seem ironic that a child would be too poor for toys but rich enough to be buying books by Mario Lopez named Mud Taco, Scandalist hopes the book is successful enough to inspire a whole series of DIY how-to’s for kids. Once Mario’s taught the children of America they can play with mud, he can move on to tree branch swords, cardboard box race car, cardboad box spaceships, cardboard box rollercoasters and poopy paint.

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