Tía Isa Wants a Car is a 2011 illustrated children's book by Cuban-American author Meg Medina.

It was first published on 14 June 2011 through Candlewick Press and has won the 2012 Ezra Jack Keats New Writers Award.

The book follows the character of Tía (Aunt) Isa, a young immigrant woman that works in a bakery, and is narrated through the viewpoint of her niece, to whom Tía Isa tells tales of her former home and her desire for their family members to join them.

Tía Isa is saving her money towards purchasing a beautiful green car that she can use to drive herself and her niece to the beach, but this is difficult to do when she has to send much of her money home to help her family reach North America.

[4] A reviewer for the Daily Herald praised the book for showing how saving money can make a difference as well as focusing on the message of familial love.