Martina the Beautiful Cockroach : A Cuban Folktale

English

ISBN: 1561453994

EAN: 9781561453993

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Insects, Spiders, Etc./Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Peachtree Publishers

Release Date: 07/01/2007

Age Range: 4-8

Synopsis: Martina the beautiful cockroach doesnt know coffee beans about love and marriage. Thats where her Cuban family comes in. While some of the Cucarachas offer her gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her something really useful: un consejo incre?ble, some shocking advice. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuelas unorthodox suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. Soon, only the gardener P?rez, a tiny brown mouse, is left. But what will happen when Martina offers him caf? cubano?Carmen Agra Deedys sweet and witty retelling of the Cuban folktale will ensure that youll never look at a cockroach the same way again. Each compact disc is 37 minutes long and unabridged, and includes Carmens storytelling performance and her narrations in English and Spanish, with the sounds of musical instruments as page-turn prompts.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  California Young Reader Medal – null  Florida Reading Association Childrens Book Award – null  Georgia Childrens Picture StoryBook Award – null  Golden Sower Award – null  North Carolina Childrens Book Award – null  Pura Belpre Award – null  SCASL Book Award (South Carolina) – null  Treasure State Award – null  Virginia Readers Choice Awards – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  Young Hoosier Book Award – null 

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach : A Cuban Folktale

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 10.0 inches

Length: 11.62 inches

Weight: 18.24 oz

Pages: 32