About this title: Martina is a young cockroach who 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 her grandmother gives her something really useful: some shocking advice. Full color.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peachtree
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781561453993ISBN:1561453994
Description: Austin, Michael. New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Reinforced
Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd
Date Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN-13:9781561453993ISBN:1561453994
Description: NEW. Reinforced. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781561453993. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781561453993ISBN:1561453994
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peachtree
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781561453993ISBN:1561453994
Description: Austin, Michael. New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Brand new with no marks or wear. read more
Binding: Reinforced
Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd
Date Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN-13:9781561454686ISBN:1561454680
Description: NEW. Reinforced. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781561454686. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781561454686ISBN:1561454680
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781561453993ISBN:1561453994
Description: New. Martina is a young cockroach who 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 her grandmother gives her something really useful... read more
"Carmen Agra Deedy delivers a deliciously inventive Cuban version of the beloved Martina folktale, complete with a dash of café 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 Pérez, a tiny brown mouse, is left. But what will happen when Martina offers him café Cubano?
After reading this sweet and witty retelling of the Cuban folktale, you'll never look at a cockroach the same way again.
In this funny re-telling of a Cuban folktale, Martina, the beautiful cockroach, comes to the age where she must find a husband. Her family all gives her advice, but the advice of her grandmothers seems the most unorthodox. She must spill coffee on the feet of each of the suitors to see their reaction. Spanish is intermixed in much of the story. The illustrations perfectly support the text and vice versa."
"children's award book-Cuban folktale-cute story-smattering of Spanish words and meanings mixed in-made us laugh--yes, even cockroaches can be beautiful."
"This retelling of a Cuban folktale is a truly delightful story about a beautiful cockroach's search for a husband. The pictures are fantastic and the generous sprinkling of spanish words and phrases throughout the story is both enlightening and lyrical. This book is sure to appeal to people of all ages and is a wonderful read aloud book.
Traditional Folktale; 2007; Picture Book; ALA Notable Books for Children; Notable Social Studies Trade Book, Pura Belpre Honor"
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