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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1993-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780698114128
Lexile
580
Themes
latino culture
holidays
family
honesty

Too Many Tamales

Written by Gary Soto and Illustrated by Ed Martinez

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. Learn about Mexican Christmas traditions.

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Exploring Different Cultures Activity Guide for PK-2

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Too Many Tamales: Vocabulary Scaffold

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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1993-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780698114128
Lexile
580
Themes
latino culture
holidays
family
honesty
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