Chato S Kitchen

Chato the cool cat from east los angeles decides to invite his neighbors ratoncitos or little mice to a dinner party.

Chato s kitchen. Ages 5 and up. The mice bring a surprise guest of their own who may be more than this cool cat can swallow. Susan guevera s comical deliciously detailed richly colored depictions of the creatures are priceless as well earning her the 1996 pura belpre award for illustration.

The mice decide to invite a friend too a dachshund named chorizo. Gary soto author of too many tamales is brilliantly witty and chato s kitchen an ala notable book and a parents choice award winner is truly marvilloso. Combining spanish and english chato s kitchen is a trickster tale about a cat attempting to fool a family of mice by inviting them to dinner.

Chato s kitchen by gary soto would be a great way to introduce a latin american or an hispanic unit. So chato and his best friend novio boy get out the pots and pans the tortillas. Chato s kitchen written by gary soto and illustrated by susan guevara.

But things don t go quite as planned for chato. Not only is he the coolest low riding cat in east l a but his brand new neighbors are the plumpest juciest tastiest looking family of mice to move into the barrio in a long time. He prepares mexican fare fajitas frijoles and salsa.

Chato invites them over for dinner.