"Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmasfamily get-together."
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto, EdMartinez Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1993 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-399-22146-0, ISBN: 0-399-22146-8
"Maria is feeling so grown-up, wearing her mother's apron and helping to knead the masa for the Christmas corn tamales. Her mother even let Maria wear some perfume and lipstick for the big family celebration that evening. When her mother takes off her diamond ring so it won't become coated with the messy masa, Maria decides that life would be perfect if she could wear the ring, too. Trouble begins when she sneakily slips the sparkly ring ..."