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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 Q uemont n de tamales!

Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group

ISBN-100698114124

ISBN-139780698114128

eBay Product ID (ePID)1122127

Product Key Features

Publication Year1996

TopicCooking & Food, People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino, Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent, General

Book TitleToo Many Tamales

LanguageEnglish

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorGary Soto

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience, Ages 2-3, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Under 2 Years

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2in

Item Length10.7in

Item Weight4.2 Oz

Item Width8in

Additional Product Features

LCCN91-019229

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"A very funny story, full of delicious surprises . . . a joyful success." -- Booklist , starred review "A warm family story that combines glowing art with a well-written text to tell of a girl's dilemma." -- School Library Journal , starred review "A mini-drama rendered so acutely that anyone who has lost something special will respond." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Grade fromPreschool

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal[E]

Grade toThird Grade

Lc Classification NumberPz7.S7242 to

Number of Pages32 Pages

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Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto (1996, Trade Paperback)