Growing Up with Tamales/Los tamales de AnaGrowing Up with Tamales Los tamales de Ana Authors: Author: Gwendolyn Zepeda & Illustrator: April Ward Narrator: Maria Paula Bagnati GRAPHIC NOVEL Description My name is Ana. Every year, my family makes tamales for Christmas. This year, I am six, so I get to mix the dough, which is made of cornmeal. My sister Lidia is eight, so she gets to spread the dough on the corn husk leaves. I wish I was eight, so that my hands would be big enough to spread the