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(¡Qué montón de tamales!)
Author: Gary Soto
Illustrator: Ed Martinez
Grades: PreK - 4
Lexile®: 670L
Guided Reading Level: N
Release Date: 2002
Themes: Holidays, Families, Multicultural |
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Everyone is coming for Christmas dinner at Maria's house. She and her mother prepare by kneading the "masa" to make tamales. When her mother takes off the ring, Maria tries it on - and is beside herself, when hours later, she thinks it has been kneaded into the tamales. How many can you eat?
Reviews:
School Library Journal: “This multicultural tale depicts a close-knit Hispanic family and serves up a subtle lesson on telling the truth along with some mouth-watering tamales…. Use this film over the winter holidays or to enrich units on Mexico, honesty, or ethnic foods, or pair it with Robert McCloskey’s The Donuts (Homer Price) for a similar, yummy laugh.”
Booklist: “Capturing the warmth of a family celebration at Christmas, this iconographic version of Gary Soto’s Too Many Tamales (1996) is superbly narrated…. The satisfying conclusion of this holiday story reinforces the importance of telling the truth.”
Children’s Bookwatch: “…highly enjoyable… A gentle, warm-hearted story.”
Curriculum Connections, School Library Journal: “Gary Soto's warm, humorous tale of a close-knit Hispanic family at Christmas time comes to life in this iconographic video. A lesson about truth is served up with some mouth-watering tamales and upbeat background music.”
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