The Three Little Tamales

Eric A. Kimmel
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“While three little tamales cool off on a windowsill, a tortilla rolls by. “You’ll be eaten. You’d better run!” he tells them. And so the tamales jump out the window. The first runs to the prairie and builds a house of sagebrush. The second runs to a cornfield and builds a house of cornstalks. The third runs to the desert and builds a house of cactus. Then who should come along but Señor Lobo, the Big Bad Wolf, who plans to blow their houses down. Valeria Docampo’s oil-and-pencil illustrations add zest and humor to this rollicking southwestern version of a popular tale.
Genres: Picture BooksChildrensFoodFairy TalesCulturalSpanish LiteratureHumorFractured Fairy TalesStorytimeFolklore
32 Pages

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