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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

Carmen Agra Deedy (2007), 32 pages
Illustrated by Michael Austin
Audience: K - 3rd Grade
Category: Folklore, Humor
Martina, the most beautiful cockroach in Old Havana, is ready to marry. Her family gives her many gifts. Her grandmother gives her a most important piece of advice: spill coffee on her suitor's shoes before she decides to marry him. One by one, her suitors fail this test. Will Marina ever find the one to marry?
Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2011
Reviewed by: vverscaj
Date read: 4/10/2010
ISBN-10: 1561453994
ISBN-13: 9781561453993