Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
	List Price:   $7.99 Unit Price:   $6.39 You Save:   $1.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0698114124 ISBN-13:   9780698114128 Publisher:   Penguin Category:   Holiday Books, Picture Story Bks Pub. Date:   August 1996 Pages:   32 Format:   Paperback Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Awards
1995  Show Me Readers Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN FOOD_FICTION
Description/Notes
Feeling very grown up after helping to make the tamales for Christmas, Maria decides to put on her mother's lipstick and perfume, and even dares to try on her diamond ring. When the plate is piled high with tamales, Maria realizes that the ring is missing. Will she be able to eat her way out of trouble? Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. As she helped her mother prepare the tamales for Christmas dinner, Maria slipped her mother's diamond ring onto her finger for just a moment. But suddenly, the ring was gone, and there were 24 tamales that just might contain the missing ring. '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.