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Martina Una Cucarachita Muy Linda: Un Cuento Cubano

Martina Una Cucarachita Muy Linda: Un Cuento Cubano

Austin, Michael
Deedy, Carmen Agra

Paperback

AnimalsFairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

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ISBN10: 1561455326
ISBN13: 9781561455324
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Published: Mar 2 2010
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.12 Width: 11.52 Depth: 9.98
Language: Spanish
Awards: California Young Reader Medal
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 and now available in Spanish.

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