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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach A Cuban Folktale

9781561457878

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach A Cuban Folktale

  • ISBN 13:

    9781561457878

  • ISBN 10:

    1561457876

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 03/04/2014
  • Publisher: Peachtree
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Summary

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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