Books About Delicious Food
from Many Cultures
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
It's Christmas and Maria's family is coming over for a party! She helps her mother make the tamales by kneading the masa. When her mother leaves her sparkling diamond ring on the counter, Maria can't help but try it on. It's beautiful! After admiring it on her hand, Maria continues to knead the masa. Later while playing with her cousins, she suddenly remembers her mother's ring! Where did she leave it? Oh no! It's in one of the tamales! How will Maria find it? Check out the book in the library to find out!
Soto, G. (1993). Too many tamales. New York, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
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Check Out These And Other Multicultural Food Books From The Library!
Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell
Cover image retrieved from http://www.rainbowstewbook.com/the-book/
Food Trucks! by Mark Todd
Cover image retrieved from http://marktoddillustration.com/books
Pino and the Signora's Pasta
Cover image retrieved from https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/janet-pedersen/pino-and-the-signoras-pasta/
Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
Cover image retrieved from http://www.lindasuepark.com/books/beebim/bee_revw.html
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
Cover image retrieved from http://www.norahdooley.com/picture-books/
Learn more about food from different cultures, and how to cook them, by clicking on the links below:
The World's Harvest: Farmers Around the Globe Prepare Their Crops for Market
http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1851466,00.html
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkpicturegalleries/8198839/What-I-Eat-Around-the-World-in-80-Diets-by-Peter-Menzel-and-Faith-DAluisio.html?image=1
The World's Favourite Foods: Interactive
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/interactive/2011/jun/16/world-favourite-foods-map-interactive
International Recipes for Kids
http://www.easy-kids-recipes.com/international-recipes.html
Oregon State Univeristy's Food Hero's Culture Recipes
https://www.foodhero.org/recipes/recipe-categories/cultures
http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1851466,00.html
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkpicturegalleries/8198839/What-I-Eat-Around-the-World-in-80-Diets-by-Peter-Menzel-and-Faith-DAluisio.html?image=1
The World's Favourite Foods: Interactive
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/interactive/2011/jun/16/world-favourite-foods-map-interactive
International Recipes for Kids
http://www.easy-kids-recipes.com/international-recipes.html
Oregon State Univeristy's Food Hero's Culture Recipes
https://www.foodhero.org/recipes/recipe-categories/cultures