As she helped her mother prepare the Tamales for Christmas dinner, Maria slipped her mother\'s diamond ring onto her finger for just a moment.
Also available in Spanish as Q u mont n de tamales.
This is the story of a treasure thought to be lost in a batch of tamales; of a desperate adn funny attempt by Maria and her cousins to eat their way out of trouble; and the warm way a family pulls together to make it a perfect Christmas after all. . .
It was almost too good to be true when her mother left the kitchen for a moment and Maria got to try on her beautiful diamond ring .
Maria\'s favorite cousins were coming over and she got to help make the Tamales for Christmas dinner.
Snow had fallen and the streets glittered.
Christmas Eve started out so perfectly for Maria.
A warm family story that combines glowing art with a well-written text to tell of a girl\'s dilemma.--School Library Journal, starred review.
But suddenly, the ring was gone, and there were 24 Tamales that just might contain the missing ring.
As she helped her mother prepare the Tamales for Christmas dinner, Maria slipped her mother\'s diamond ring onto her finger for just a moment
