by Eric A. Kimmel, Valeria Docampo (Illustrator)
“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.
The Three Little Tamales
Eric A. Kimmel is well known for the tales he has retold from around the world. Some of his best-known titles are Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (a Caldecott Honor book), Gershon's Monster, Anansi and the Talking Melon, and The Runaway Tortilla. A former professor of children's literature, he lives in Portland, Oregon.
Valeria Docampo is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires with a degree in graphic design and visual communication. In 2008, she was one of thirty Argentinian artists whose work was exhibited at the international Bologna Children's Book Fair.ISBN: 9780761455196
Publisher: Two Lions
Binding: Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2009
Pub Date: January 05, 2012Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Pages: 40
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