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"My name is Ana. Every year, my family makes tamales for Christmas.
This year, I am six, so I get to mix the dough, which is made of
cornmeal. My sister Lidia is eight, so she gets to spread the dough
on the corn husk leaves. I wish I was eight, so that my hands would
be big enough to spread the dough just right--not too thick and not
too thin." And so the years pass, and Ana turns eight, ten, twelve,
fourteen, sixteen. But every year, big sister Lidia is always two
years older. Ana envies her elder sibling and wishes she could do
what Lidia does: put just the right amount of meat inside the
tamales and roll them up; steam the tamales without scalding
herself with the hot, hot steam; chop and cook the meat for the
tamales without cutting or burning her hands. When she turns
eighteen, though, Ana knows she will keep making tamales and she
will be able to do all of the steps herself in her very own
factory. When Christmas comes around, Ana will deliver tamales to
all of her customers around the world, in delivery trucks that say
"Ana's Tamales." And maybe Ana will even let Lidia work for her.
Gwendolyn Zepeda's rhythmic prose is combined with April Ward's
bright illustrations to create an affectionate and amusing story
about sibling relationships that introduces an important Hispanic
holiday tradition -- making tamales!
Told in the style of a cumulative folk song, a grandmother makes empanadas, a traditional Hispanic treat, for her family. Includes recipe.
Monica, who wants to be a baker like her grandmother, finds the doll hidden in the bread on the feast for the Three Kings and thus gets to bake cookies for the next fiesta.
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