Too Many Tamales

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 adn 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

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/15/1993
ISBN: 9780399221460
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 11.03h x 8.57w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Booklist 09/15/1993 pg. 151
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1994 pg. 871
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1993 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly 08/16/1993

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8680 / Too Many Tamales
Reading Level: 3.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5