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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

A Cuban Folktale

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach( )
Author: Deedy, Carmen Agra
Narrated by: Deedy, Carmen Agra
ISBN:978-1-56145-467-9
Publication Date:Sep 2007
Publisher:Peachtree Publishing Company Inc.
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:USD $6.95
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.8 x 5.7 x 0.06 Inches
Book Weight:0.062 Pounds
Author Biography
Deedy, Carmen Agra (Author)
Award-winning children's book author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy was born in Havana, Cuba in 1960. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1963 and grew up in Decatur, Georgia.

Deedy has written Agatha's Feather Bed: Not Just Another Wild Goose Story, Tree Man, The Library Dragon, The Last Dance, The Secret of Old Zeb, The Yellow Star, and Fourteen Cows for America. She has also contributed to National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered and Latino USA.

Deedy has performed as a storyteller at venues including the Disney Institute, the New Victory Theater, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Kennedy Center and also at the St. Louis Storytelling Festival, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, the National Storytelling Festival, the Beyond the Border International Storytelling Festival, the National Book Festival, schools, conferences, and museums.

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