Mice and Beans [Paperback]

A delicious and funny Mexican feast!
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Category: Family

Recipe for a Festive Story Time:
Mix 1 birthday party, 1 delicious Mexican meal, and lots of children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, and surprise guests into a fun romp.
Add comic illustrations, jaunty rhythms, and playful refrains.
Spice with mystery, and stir everything into a book.
Serve aloud to large groups or small. Finally, store leftovers on a shelf in a child's bedroom, library, or classroom.
Enjoy!

Category: FamilyRecipe for a Festive Story Time:Mix 1 birthday party, 1 delicious Mexican meal, and lots of children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, and surprise guests into a fun romp. Add comic illustrations, jaunty rhythms, and playful refrains.Spice with mystery, and stir everything into a book.Serve aloud to large groups or small. Finally, store leftovers on a shelf in a child's bedroom, library, or classroom.Enjoy!

Pam Mu?oz Ryan is the recipient of the Newbery Honor Medal and the Kirkus Prize for herNew York Timesbestselling novel,Echo, as well as the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature for her body of work. Her celebrated novels,Echo,Esperanza Rising,The Dreamer,Riding Freedom,Becoming Naomi L?on, andPaint the Wind, have received countless accolades, among them two Pura Belpr? Awards, a NAPPA Gold Award, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and two Am?ricas Awards. Her acclaimed picture books includeAmelia and Eleanor Go for a RideandWhen Marian Sang, both illustrated by Brian Selznick, andTony Baloney, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, as well as a beginning reader series featuring Tony Baloney. Ryan lives near San Diego, California, with lăs