Adam Rubin
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Adam Rubin is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Adam Rubin
Adam Rubin left a career as an advertising creative director once Dragons Love Tacos — a #1 New York Times bestseller for years running — proved that absurdist logic, played completely straight, is preschool comedy gold.
Rubin workshops his books aloud with real audiences like stand-up sets, keeping only the lines that get laughs from actual five-year-olds; illustrator Daniel Salmieri has been his creative partner since childhood friendship.
Also by this author: Dragons Love Tacos 2 · Secret Pizza Party · High Five
Official website: www.adamrubinhasawebsite.com
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.