Martina, the beautiful cockroach

Description

Carmen Agra Deedy delivers a deliciously inventive Cuban version of the beloved Martina folktale, complete with a dash of cafe cubano. Martina the beautiful cockroach doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage. That's 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 increible, some shocking advice. You want me to do what? Martina gasps. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's 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 Perez, a tiny brown mouse, is left. But what will happen when Martina offers him cafe cubano? After reading this sweet and witty retelling of the Cuban folktale, you'll never look at a cockroach the same way again.

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Links

• http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0545172101

Other Editions

• Martina, the beautiful cockroach: a Cuban folktaleScholastic Inc.2008-01-01
• Martina the Beautiful Cockroachaudio cdPeachtree Publishing Company2007-09-01
• Martina the Beautiful CockroachhardcoverPeachtree Publishers2008-09-01
• Martina the Beautiful CockroachPeachtree Publishing Company Inc.2014-01-01
• Martina the Beautiful CockroachPeachtree Publishing Company Inc.2014-01-01
• Martina The Beautiful Cockroachlibrary bindingTurtleback2014-03-01