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¡Se queman las tortillas! from Multcolib My Librarian Memo

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  • In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs away from the woman who is about to cook him.
    Book, 2015Portland, Oregon : WestWinds Press, [2015] — jE KIMMEL 2015
  • The author, who remembers the fragrant dishes prepared at his family's restaurant in El Salvador, recounts a mystery from his childhood involving tortillas.
    Book, 2013Doral, FL : Alfaguara, 2013. — SPANISH jE ARGUETA 2013
  • A little girl discovers things that are round, square, and rectangular in her Hispanic American neighborhood.
    Book, 2013San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2013] — jE Concept THONG 2013
  • "La madre ha preparado una rica tortilla para sus siete hijos hambrientos, pero la tortilla no quiere que nadie se la coma. Una historia tradicional del sur de Chile con un final inesperado"--Page 4 of cover. A woman has made a delicious tortilla…
    Book, 2010Barcelona, España : Ediciones Ekaré, [2010] — SPANISH jE HERRERA 2010
  • Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story…
    Book, 2007Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007. — SPANISH jE ANAYA 2007
  • When Marta ruins her homework and breaks her glasses, Grandmother soothes her with an ancient story and one of her delicious tortillas.
    Book, 1998Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyds Mills Press, 1998. — jE COWLEY
  • In clear and eloquent language, Gary Paulsen pays tribute to a cycle of life--from seed to plant to tortilla. Workers till the black soil, operate the clanking machinery of the factory, and drive the trucks that deliver the tortillas back into the…
    Book, 1995San Diego : Harcourt Brace, ©1995. — jE PAULSEN