when looking for "the chanukkah guest", i came across this book written by the author. with my love of tamales, there was no way to i could pass this up.
"the three little tamales" is a updated (and in my opinion, cuter) version of the three little pigs. the story starts off with the three little tamales running away from a taqueria after seeing a tortilla roll away. they move into three different homes and as it goes in the fairy tale world, a big bad lobo shows up waiting to eat them! luckily the third tamale is super smart (she also happens to wear glasses, which i guess makes her the dorky tamale. and yes i loved her frames) and made a cactus her house. all three tamales seek shelter there. hungry for tamales (i get him on that), the lobo decides to go down the chimney just like in the original story, but this time the tamales threaten to turn him into tamales. wolf tamales sounded very sinister to me but at the same time kind of delicious. the wolf than runs away and is never seen from again. in the end, the tamales throw a fiesta to celebrate and invite their tortilla friends.
so cute, right? this book was seriously too cute and only enhanced my love of tamales. so cute, i plan on buying a copy for my personal library. this will also be a staple in my kid's library, if i ever have kids. check in out and read it with your kids and if you don't have any, you can enjoy it by yourself! warning: have tamales on hand because you will be craving them!
also valeria docampo did a great job on the illustrations. check out how cute had tamales are:
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