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The Three Little Tamales Hardcover – Illustrated, January 5, 2012

by Eric A. Kimmel (Author), Valeria Docampo (Illustrator)

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“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.

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Preschool - 3
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11.8 x 1.0 x 8.8
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Two Lions
Publication date

2012
January 5
ISBN-10

0761455191
ISBN-13

978-0761455196
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Tía Lupe and Tío José and their taquería in Texas are back, and this time Tía Lupe is making her famous tamales in this “Three Little Pigs” takeoff. The three tamales are encouraged to run for their lives by a runaway tortilla rolling by. Since the little tamales do not want to be eaten, they flee and seek safer places to live. The first tamale runs to a prairie where she builds a casita out of sagebrush. The second tamale builds his casita out of cornstalks. The third tamale finds herself in the desert where she builds a casita out of a cactus with prickly thorns. All is well with the tamales until Señor Lobo, the Big Bad Wolf, comes calling at their doorsteps, threatening to blow their casitas from “here to Laredo.” Docampo’s oil-on-paper illustrations add dimension to the story and bring the three little tamales to life. An excellent addition to collections of fairy-tale retellings. Grades K-3. --Shauna Yusko

About the Author

Author 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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Two Lions; Illustrated edition (January 5, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0761455191
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761455196
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD550L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #84,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #90 in Children's Hispanic & Latino Books
- #105 in Children's Fox & Wolf Books (Books)
- #165 in Children's Books on the U.S.

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Eric A. Kimmel
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Eric A. Kimmel is a native New Yorker who lives in Oregon. He was born in Brooklyn, NY where he learned to love books and traditional stories from an early age. He could hear five different languages without leaving his block. Eric taught teachers as a professor of Education at Indiana University at South Bend and Portland State University. His favorite classes were children’s literature, language arts, storytelling, and handwriting. He left the university in 1993 to become a full-time writer, a dream he had had since kindergarten.
Eric’s books have won numerous awards. He and his wife Doris have traveled all over the world, sharing his books and stories with school children in China, Africa, and Turkey.
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Valeria Docampo
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Valeria began to draw driven by the desire to capture the poetry of everyday things: the children and dogs' glance, the shape of plants, the sound of the autumn dry leaves and the aroma of breakfast. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her academic background is in Fine Arts. She graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a degree in Graphic Design & Visual Communication, where she practiced as a teacher.
Over the past 6 years she has been dedicated to children illustration. She has illustrated for many publishers in Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, USA, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Spain and Greece. In her work she uses both manual and digital techniques and investigates the use of new methods and materials in a constant pursuit of new expressive forms. Recently she was honored to participate in the exposition of the 30 most representative illustrators of Argentina at Bologna Children Bookfair's 2008.
One of her last books "La Grande Fabrique de Mots" has been published in 9 languages: French, Dutch, Slovenian, Korean, Chinese, English, German, Spanish and Catalan.
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Robert Gomez

Beautifully Illustrated

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2023

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Love that they've taken an old tale and made it culturally relevant!!!

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Emily Bernstein

Fun twist on a classic tale

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2013

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This is a great fun book! Its not a traditional story but it is a version of The Three Little Pigs set in Texas near Mexico. Kids will really enjoy it; the connection to the traditional story is close enough that they can predict what will happen, but different enough that they will giggle at the changes and enjoy it. Another fun part is how Kimmel integrated the setting into the story; the horses are built from things you would find in Texas (ending with a house made of spiny cactus), and it also integrates some Spanish words. The words are occasional and are defined in the story as well as in a short glossary, but students, especially bilingual students, will really enjoy it. I teach 1st grade at a school with a huge Hispanic population, and they loved hearing me 'struggle' with the Spanish words that they could help me with. Of course, it wasn't just Spanish speakers - it includes words like 'Hola', 'Vamanos' and 'Fiesta' that many children, especially those who watch Dora, will know. Overall, a fun book for use in the classroom (Venn diagram anyone?) or at home.

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MamaC3511

I love this book

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2018

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Oh my gosh, I love this book! My almost 6 year old loves this book, and my husband has a blast reading it! The illustrations are adorable, and it's one of those books that as an adult - you can actually have fun reading. The story is written well, the colors are bright and eye catching and you'll find yourself laughing the whole way through.

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KimPor

A Latino Take On An Old Favorite!

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2015

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Another great take on the popular "Three Little....." series. This is a Latino version of that series and it's a great addition to my bi-lingual book collection in my preschool classroom. ALL of my children love it! I found it in the public library and my 4s/5s loved it so much that I just ordered one for myself! We all love it! I have teachers borrowing it to read to their children. Our school cook is Latino and after reading it to the children, she made tamales with us. Pretty cool, huh?

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016

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My 3 1/2 year old loved this book from checking it out at the library. It became a favorite! It's a cute rendition off of the three little pigs but with the three little tamales. Great illustrations, and fun with some Spanish thrown in there. Altogether a fun read. It was affordable and thought it was a good book to add to her story collection!

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021

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Cute book. Different version of The Three Little Pigs.

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018

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Full of color and fun story line. Gave as a gift and was loved. It Is a bit on the longer side , so probably a read for an older, non-squirmy child. But definitely a keepsake

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2013

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"The Three Little Tamales" is the story of the "Three Little Pigs," with a south-Texas flavor and twist. The classic story is changed around to relate the story of three tamale siblings. The story is cute, but it is elevated to another level through the inclusion of Spanish words. The story changes back and forth between English and Spanish quite effortlessly, just as many south-Texas natives can. A glossary of Spanish terms is included at the beginning of the story. I love the beautiful and colorful drawings that help tell the story, too. Animated tamales! What a hoot! :)

The only negative thing noticeable about this book is that the print is too small to read without straining your eyes. Since there isn't any way to enlarge the text, and I downloaded it to read on my Kindle, I've knocked a star off the rating.

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