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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

Author Carmen Agra Deedy
Publisher Peachtree Publishers
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ISBN / ASIN1561457876
ISBN-139781561457878
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank239,447
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

Description

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 increíble, 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.