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Aug 08, 1996 | ISBN 9780698114128 | 4-8 years Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Sep 15, 1993 | ISBN 9780399221460 | 4-8 years Buy
Aug 08, 1996 | ISBN 9781524737320 | 4-8 years Buy
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Aug 08, 1996 | ISBN 9780698114128 | 4-8 years
Sep 15, 1993 | ISBN 9780399221460 | 4-8 years
Aug 08, 1996 | ISBN 9781524737320 | 4-8 years
This modern classic celebrates the tradition of tamales and family bonding at Christmas.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.Also available in Spanish as ¡Qué montón de tamales!
Born in Fresno, California, to Mexican American parents, Gary Soto is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and fiction writer. The awards for this multitalented author are many, ranging from the US Award for International Poetry Forum to a Before Columbus Foundation… More about Gary Soto
“A very funny story, full of delicious surprises . . . a joyful success.” —Booklist, starred review
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