Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by staff
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1561453994 ISBN-13:   9781561453993 Publisher:   Peachtree Publishers Category:   Picture Books Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   4 to 8
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry. 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 witting retelling of the Cuban folktale, you'll never look at a cockroach the same way again.