Countdown to the Last Tortilla is a historical fiction picture booK set in early 1950. Mamá promises to make her youngest daughter her first new dress from a flour sack. Pepita's clever schemes to speed up the use of the flour brush against Mamá's need to feed her large family.

Mamá promete hacerle a su hija menor su primer vestido nuevo de un saco de harina. Los planes de Pepita para acelerar el use de la harina chocan con los de Mamá, que tiene que alimentar a su familia grande.