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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Too Many Tamales

Bibliographic Information: Soto, G. (1993) Too Many Tamales. Illus. Ed Martinez. New York: Putnam

Annotation: It is Christmas time and Maria is helping her mother make tamales. She can't resist when she sees her mother's diamond ring on the counter, she tries it on. Later when the family arrives she realizes the ring is missing. With the help of her cousins they eat all the tamales and still don't find the ring. Maria confesses to her mother and finds out she had the ring the entire time!

Genre: Picturebook

Grade Level: K-2

Readers who will like this book: Students who have ever been faced with telling the truth in difficult situations.

Response/Rating: I really enjoyed this story. It reminds me of my childhood and the adventures I had with my cousins. I think many students can relate to this story. 4

Classroom questions: Do you have family traditions during holidays? Have you ever lost anything that was very important to somebody?
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