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Too Many Tamales
Too Many Tamales | Gary Soto
12 posts | 7 read | 5 to read
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 adn 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 Qu montn de tamales!
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vonnie862
Too Many Tamales | Gary Soto
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My #faveholidaybk
Here I am a few years ago with Gary Soto.
#decemberdreams
#TeamEvergreen #wintergames

dabbe Oh, I adore him! 💙❄️💙 10mo
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vonnie862
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#WinterGames #TeamEvergreen
#photochallenge
#selfiescavengerhunt

•shopping
•in front of lights
•dressed for the occasion
•favorite holiday read

MatchlessMarie Classic! 10mo
TheBookHippie I love that book!! 10mo
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vonnie862
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I wouldn't mind being in the tagged book's setting for Christmas. I love tamales!

#SundayFunday
@ozma.of.oz

Patchshank I second your choice. That sounds amazing. 2y
BookmarkTavern Oh tamales sound delightful right now! Thank you for sharing! 2y
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vonnie862
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Pickpick

Re-read one of my favorite Christmas books from my childhood. I really love how the children in this book try to problem solve by eating all of the tamales. As a child, this made me crack up all the time. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#WinterGames2021 #teamgamesleighers #selfiescavengerhunt 10pts #wgwordsearch 90pts #holidayread 25pts #impulseread 10pts #childrensbook /participation 1pt Total 136pts
@StayCurious
#BookSpinBingo #3 @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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vonnie862
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Pickpick

Holiday read #4: read my childhood favorite to my hubby last night. I love this story!

umbrellagirl Is there such a thing as too many tamales though? 🤣 Merry Christmas! 4y
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mrp27
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#sleightheshelves

Kind of sad we were not able to have our tamalada (family tamale making party) this year but I did have a #nice weekend making our traditional Christmas Eve meal with my niece and sister. Love the tagged book and we always bring it out to read while making them.

OriginalCyn620 Aww! What a nice tradition! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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BookwormAHN
Too Many Tamales | Gary Soto
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Pickpick

Another #HolidayRead
A cute picture book about the hazards of jewelry and cooking set on Christmas Eve 🎄
#ReadNosedReindeer @StayCurious
#BBRC #a2z Letter T
@LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch

Sarahreadstoomuch Now I‘m curious about the jewelry... 4y
LibrarianRyan nice. I am guessing a ring, an earing, or a necklace fell off into the tamale stuffing? 4y
BookwormAHN @LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch The little girl only lost her mother's diamond ring. 4y
LibrarianRyan @BookwormAHN Of course. And of course the mom would let her play with it while cooking. I love picture books. 4y
BookwormAHN @LibrarianRyan Their happy endings are great works of fiction 😸 4y
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Meaw_catlady
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If you‘ve never spent a whole day making homemade tamales you are missing out on a truly amazing experience! I have a lot to get done this week but it is so good to stop and take the time to cook with my best friend.

LazyDays Yum! 6y
LazyDays Are you in the States? 6y
Meaw_catlady @LazyDays yes in Colorado 6y
mreads I would like to spend a whole day eating tamales 😁 6y
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Pickpick

This is a great diverse book to read in the classroom. It can be used as a RA or IR and be a part of the classroom library to promote diversity. Author, Gary Soto, wrote this story to add the list of books that deal with Latin culture, which at the time was scarce. It‘s a comical RF picture book that also teaches about honesty and responsibilities.

#UCFLAE3414SP18

KhyaraN This website displays activities that can be used for the class when reading the story: https://classroom.synonym.com/activities-many-tamales-8359028.html 7y
KhyaraN ESOL Strategies #4 regarding any connections that the student makes when reading along the story. UDL guidelines 2.4 that promotes different languages such as portrayed in the story. 7y
Laura.S @KhyaraN This book looks like so much fun to read! It‘s super important to include such diverse books in our libraries so that all children feel represented and can connect to readings. 7y
DrSpalding We want students to see themselves in the books we select for our classroom library. Chances are, you will have Latino children in your classrooms therefore this is a great choice. Great book by a great author. 7y
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mrp27
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#seasonsreadings2017

#onlyatchristmas does the family get together to make the traditional but very labor intensive Christmas tamale, we make approximately 15 dozens. The picture of my grandmother is of her last Christmas with us and the other picture is my mom teaching my niece how to spread the masa, picture taken last year.

Godmotherx5 Pretty ladies. 7y
mrp27 @Godmotherx5 Thank you! 7y
BookNAround Yum! 7y
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LizzyNanney I LOVE this book! Beautiful warm pictures of your family. 7y
LeahBergen This is awesome. 😍😍 7y
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mrp27
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#giveaway

Favorite childhood Christmas memory is of my grandmother making tamales. We honor her memory by continuing the holiday tradition. Admittedly, hers are better!

JoeStalksBeck Awwww❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Mommamanzi My Grammy used to make them. It was a two day event. The closest we have come to finding ones that taste like hers is a small little stand in Brownsville, Texas about .3 miles away from Mexico. ❤️ 7y
Bklover ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
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mrp27 @Mommamanzi Grandmas are the best! It takes my whole family 2-3 days to make them, its exhausting!! Each year our tamales improve, but her recipe was not exact so there's lots of guess work to get it to taste like hers. 7y
Godmotherx5 No one cooks like grandmothers. I‘ve searched for barbacoa like hers without success. 7y
Tamra So wonderful and agreed about grandma‘s food! I would love homemade tamales. ❣️ 7y
MaleficentBookDragon I‘m that way about my grandma‘s nut rolls. I have her recipes but mine never are right. I don‘t even attempt pierogi. (edited) 7y
mrp27 @MaleficentBookDragon Pierogis, yummm!! So hard to duplicate their recipes but so fun trying! 7y
mrp27 @Tamra They are delish! 7y
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Megabooks
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I ate a tamale tonight and now I'm itchy all over. I can't be allergic to corn and wheat!! 😩😭😩😭 Help! At least I've got doggie snuggles. 💕🐶💕

LeahBergen Oh no! 😬 8y
B.Reader Doggie cuddles are the best! 8y
Notafraidofwords Feel better! 8y
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kspenmoll Hope there is no connection! 8y
JoeStalksBeck ❤️❤🤕 8y
drokka Were there peppers (seeds more specifically)? Some people react to those. 8y
monkeygirlsmama Hope you feel better and there's no connection to your dinner. 8y
Megabooks @LeahBergen Yikes! 😳 8y
Megabooks @B.Reader Yes, they are! 8y
Megabooks @Notafraidofwords Thank you! 😊 8y
Megabooks @kspenmoll me too!!!!! 8y
elkeOriginal Are you wheat allergic? I have read that corn is often contaminated by wheat - hopefully it's just that and not a regular occurrence? 8y
Megabooks @Book_Addict 💕💕💕 8y
Megabooks @drokka Mild peppers and no seeds. I've had problems with corn before but not peppers yet. I took a shower and I feel a bit better. 🤔🤔 8y
Megabooks @monkeygirlsmama Thank you and me too!! 8y
Megabooks @elkeo I have celiac disease. This product was labeled gluten free, so it shouldn't be a problem. 🤔🤔 8y
elkeOriginal Oh, shoot. 8y
Blair_Reads Aw. Look at that face!! Sorry about the reaction 😕 8y
Kimzey Adorable pup! ❤️🐶. Sorry about the itchiness. 🙁 8y
LyndseyReads 😔 feel better soon 8y
Karen_V As a fellow food allergy person, much empathy & support. 😟 8y
AmandaL Feel better. 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Feel better. 😞That face, though! 💕 8y
JEMoutrageous Awwwww. 8y
Megabooks @Blair_Reads Thanks! He's pretty sweet! 8y
Megabooks @Kimzey Thank you! 💜 8y
Megabooks @LyndseyReads Thanks! 💙 8y
Megabooks @Karen_V They're the worst! Well, not the actual worst, but it does make life more challenging. Thanks! 8y
Megabooks @AmandaL Thank you! 💙 8y
Megabooks @CherylDeFranceschi awww...thanks! He's quite the charmer! 🐶💙 8y
Megabooks @JEMoutrageous Thanks! 😊🐶 8y
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