- Graphic Novels
- Ages 5–8
- Comedy
Pizza and Taco: Go Viral!
Book 10 of 11 in Pizza and TacoView the full series
A very current-feeling Pizza and Taco entry about trying to go viral on StewTube. It keeps the humour simple while giving adults an easy opening to talk about likes, videos and online attention.
- Best for5–8
- FormatGraphic
- Length72 pp
- Read aloud~34 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Warm
- Irreverent
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
Pizza and Taco are streaming live on StewTube, and they are determined to go viral. They want lots of views, lots of likes and the kind of awesome video everyone will talk about. Of course, making internet-famous content is not as simple as it looks, especially when two excitable food besties both have strong opinions about what counts as entertaining. Go Viral! brings the series into a recognisably modern social-media space while keeping everything age-appropriate, comic and light. The book is still built for early graphic-novel readers, with short chapters, clear panels and fast visual jokes, but it also has useful discussion value for adults because it touches on performance, popularity and wanting attention online. It is funny first, but it has more topical resonance than many earlier entries.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 5–8
- Read aloud · 5–8
- Independent · 5–8
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Works well for
- Bedtime
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
4 / 5 · Bedtime-friendly
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
1 / 5 · None
Best for
- Social media theme
- First graphic novel
- Reluctant readers
- Funny food characters
- Modern kid culture
Avoid if
- Avoids social media themes
- Wants dense prose
- Prefers realistic children
- Wants big adventure
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Struggling with reading
- Making friends
- Interested in art and creativity
- Low self esteem
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A snappy, silly early comic series — a confidence-builder for new and reluctant readers.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific kick is the internet-famous fantasy — Pizza and Taco streaming on StewTube, plotting their viral moment, both convinced they know what makes a great video. The Pizza and Taco that gets at the age of likes and views without ever feeling like an adult lecture.
- Friendship and belonging
- Being special or chosen
Why parents love it
The Pizza and Taco for the social-media-aware household — going viral as the plot, performance and attention as the (light) subject. Useful entry-point conversation about online content for a young child. Nothing alarming.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
- Conversation starter
In the series
Pizza and Taco.
11 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Stephen Shaskan.
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Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
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