Martina the Beautiful Cockroach : A Cuban Folktale
Carmen Agra Deedy Author
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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
