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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when, hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
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Maria is feeling so grown-up, wearing her mother's apron and helping to knead the masa for the Christmas corn tamales. Her mother even let Maria wear some perfume and lipstick for the big family celebration that evening. When her mother takes off her diamond ring so it won't become coated with the messy masa, Maria decides that life would be perfect if she could wear the ring, too. Trouble begins when she sneakily slips the sparkly ring on her thumb and resumes her kneading. Uh oh. It is not until later that night, after all the tamales have been cooked and after all her cousins and relatives have arrived, that Maria suddenly realizes what must have happened to the precious ring. Ed Martinez's warm oil paintings celebrate the riches of South American Christmas colors--adobe reds, dusty gold, lacey whites, and rain-forest greens. Martinez also has a gift for capturing children's animated expressions, especially when Maria begs her cousins to help her find the missing ring by secretly eating the enormous stack of steaming tamales! Gary Soto's delightful Christmas-spirit closure will relieve young readers who empathize with the negligent Maria. Grown-ups, too, will appreciate this playful reminder about the virtues of forgiveness and family togetherness. (Ages 4 and older) --Gail Hudson
About the Author
Gary Soto's first book for young readers, Baseball in April and Other Stories, won the California Library Association's Beatty Award and was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He has since published many novels, short stories, plays, and poetry collections for adults and young people. He lives in Berkeley, California. Visit his website at www.garysoto.com.
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- PublisherTurtleback Books
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0613004051
- ISBN 13 9780613004053
- BindingSchool & Library Binding
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorMartinez Ed
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Too Many Tamales
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School & Library Binding. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Martinez, Ed (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.74. Seller Inventory # G0613004051I3N00
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Too Many Tamales (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
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Condition: Good. Martinez, Ed (illustrator). Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.74. Seller Inventory # bk0613004051xvz189zvxgdd
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Too Many Tamales (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
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Condition: Fair. Martinez, Ed (illustrator). Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 0.74. Seller Inventory # 353-0613004051-acp
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