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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

Austin, Michael
Deedy, Carmen Agra

Hardcover

AnimalsFairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1561453994
ISBN13: 9781561453993
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Published: Jul 1 2007
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.60 Width: 10.10 Depth: 11.80
Language: English
Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Award, Charlotte Award, Florida Children's Book Award, Georgia Children's Book Award, Golden Sower Award, Irma S. & James H. Black Award, Irma S. & James H. Black Award, Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, Monarch Award, North Carolina Children's Book Award, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Pura Belpre Award, South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Volunteer State Book Awards
The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do?

Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love.

After reading this award-winning retelling of the Cuban folktale, readers will never look at a cockroach the same way again. Carmen Agra Deedy delivers a delightfully inventive Cuban twist on the beloved Martina folktale, complete with a dash of café Cubano.

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