Illustrated by Ed Martinez
Too Many Tamales is a story of a young girl named Maria. On Christmas Eve, Maria and her mother are kneading the dough to make tamales for the entire family. While Maria's mother answers the phone, Maria tries on her mother's ring which she had left on the counter. Before she realizes it, the ring is gone. Maria thinks it could be in one of the tamales they made, and recruits her cousins to help her eat them all in order to look for the ring.
This story is very endearing because of how much Maria loves her mother's ring. She and her cousins eat and eat and eat to find it! I really enjoyed seeing Christmas Eve from another point of view! The tamales sound delicious and I would love to have one. I think this would be a great story to teach about different traditions and heritages and how they celebrate holidays. I would love to use this story.
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