![]() ![]() ![]() 4- 8)Ī collection of parental wishes for a child. This one should become a staple on the holiday menu. ![]() Martinez's realistic, nicely composed paintings are glowing with light and life, while he reinforces the story with particularly expressive faces and gestures. Soto's simple text is charmingly direct he skips explanations, letting characters reveal themselves by what they do. ![]() In this family, there's no scolding: Aunt Rosa says, ``It looks like we all have to cook up another batch,'' and so they do, three generations laughing and working together. No luck-the ring's on Mom's finger, after all. Since it's not on her thumb she's sure it's in a tamale, so the four cousins consume all 24 (with some difficulty) in hopes of finding it. While they're working, Maria secretly tries on Mom's diamond ring, then forgets about it until she's playing with her cousins. The whole family is coming for Christmas, so Maria and her parents are busy making tamales-Maria helps Mom knead the masa, and her father puts them in the pot to boil. ![]()
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