| Too Many Tamales Contributor(s): Soto, Gary (Author), Martinez, Ed (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0399221468 ISBN-13: 9780399221460 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1993 Annotation: While helping cook Christmas tamales, a young girl tries on her mother's diamond ring and later realizes the ring is missing. It must be in the tamales--and the only way to find out is to eat all of them! Warmly lit oil paintings bring out the nuances of this tender, funny story. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas & Advent - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 91019229 |
| Lexile Measure: 580 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.57" W x 11.03" (0.80 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Holiday - Christmas |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8680 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This modern classic celebrates the tradition of tamales and family bonding at Christmas. Christmas Eve started out so perfectly for Maria. Snow had fallen and the streets glittered. Maria's favorite cousins were coming over and she got to help make the tamales for Christmas dinner. It was almost too good to be true when her mother left the kitchen for a moment and Maria got to try on her beautiful diamond ring . . . This is the story of a treasure thought to be lost in a batch of tamales; of a desperate and funny attempt by Maria and her cousins to eat their way out of trouble; and the warm way a family pulls together to make it a perfect Christmas after all. Also available in Spanish as Qu mont n de tamales |