Too Many Tamales

Name: Too Many Tamales
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary Soto
ISBN: 9781436185967

Author: Gary Soto

Narrator: Alma Cuervo

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/07/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Gary Soto's Too Many Tamales earned critical acclaim from Parents' Choice and Booklist magazines. This endearing story stars Maria, a young girl who is now old enough to help her mother make the traditional Christmas tamales. While kneading the masa, she spots her mom's precious ring lying on the table. Just to see what it feels like, she slips it on and continues her work. The real trouble begins later when she notices the ring is missing. Could it have been cooked into one of the tamales?

About Gary Soto

Gary Soto is the author of Baseball in April, Taking Sides, Puppy Love, and many more books for young readers. He is a National Book Award finalist and a recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Medal, the Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature, the Tomás Rivera Book Award, the NEA Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award, the California Library Associationâ€™s Beatty Award, and the PEN Center West Book Award. He lives in Northern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

This is a wonderful family story, a special story about a young girl’s mistake and the funny and sweet and mature way everyone deals with it, and my kind of holiday story: one where the holiday itself is peripheral and therefore doesn’t make me melancholy. Also, it’s interesting to read about a diff......more

Goodreads review by Tina

When I first borrowed Too Many Tamales the librarian told me it was a really good and highly recommended it. He was absolutely right. My son was so excited to read Too Many Tamales because tamales are his favorite food. The story was really cute and I could easily see one of my daughters doing somet......more