TY  - BOOK
AU  - Soto,Gary
AU  - Martinez,Ed
TI  - Too Many Tamales
SN  - 0698114124
AV  - PZ7.S7242 To 1996
U1  - [E] 22
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - Putnam
KW  - Christmas
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Mexican Americans
KW  - fast
KW  - Rings
N1  - Originally published : New York : G.P. Putman's Sons, 1993; "PaperStar."; Wilson's Children, November 1996; Elem. School Library Collection, March 1998; School Library Journal starred; Book Links (A.L.A.), November 1996; Library Journal Starred; Publisher's Weekly; New York Times; Horn Book, November 1996; Bulletin (Center for Children's books); Kirkus Review; 3.1; K-3; Follett Library Resources; Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS; LG; 3.4; 0.5; 8680
N2  - Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together, but when the ring turns up missing, Maria and her cousins eat up all the tamales in a frantic effort to find the ring
ER  -