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Name: Tamales for Christmas
Author: Briseno, Stephen
ISBN: [978-0-593-64781-3,0-593-64781-5]

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Tamales for Christmas

Author: Briseno, Stephen

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Follett Number: 2472EF1
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Random House Studio, 2024
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-64781-3
ISBN-10: 0-593-64781-5
LCCN: 2024-004181
Dewey: -E-
Classifications: Fiction; Easy

Subjects:

Christmas Fiction

Family Life Fiction

Grandmothers Fiction

Hispanic Americans Fiction

Picture Books

Tamales Fiction

In preparation for Christmas gift giving, the family comes together to help Grandma sell her delicious tamales.

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Before the first Christmas light is strung, Grandma is hard at work, making thousands of tamales to sell so she can buy gifts for her family! This heartwarming tale, based on a true story, explores a grandmother's boundless generosity, and the irresistible magic of tamales. A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR When the weather changes, but way before the Christmas tree is decorated, Grandma begins her preparations. With so many children and grandchildren in her family, she finds a way to put gifts under the tree-- she sells as many tamales as she can! Masa in one hand, corn husks in the other, Grandma's just getting started. 15 dozen tamales. As Halloween passes, and Thanksgiving, Grandma is still toiling away in the kitchen: 150 dozen tamales, 700 dozen tamales, 850 dozen tamales. When it's time to string the lights for Christmas, she's inching closer to 1000 dozen tamales! Enough to give some to those in need and enough to sell to earn money for Christmas gifts. Based on the author's own grandmother, who was the heart of the familia, here is a warm story about Christmas, generosity, and, yes, tamales.

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