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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Martina the Beautiful Cockroach List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $13.57 You Save: $6.38 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9781561454686 Edition: Hardcover & CD ISBN: 1561454680 Label: Peachtree Publishers Manufacturer: Peachtree Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: September 01, 2008 Publisher: Peachtree Publishers Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Peachtree Publishers Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product 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 increÃble, 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - EXCELLENT book...I am so glad that I did not let my extreme cockroach phobia make me miss this book. What a treasure! I just read it to my 5 year old tonight, and it's up there with our favorites. The book takes a lighthearted and humorous approach yet teaches a very important lesson about judging other's "true colors." Rating: - A Beautiful FolktaleI read this book to my class of first graders and they really loved it. We read it during character ed and talked about how some of the characters did not use self-control. The illustrations are gorgeous. I was a little worried about how the kids would react to the main character being a cockroach, but they just thought it was funny. I bought it because it was a Pura Belpré Medal award winner and I'm trying to have more multicultural books in the classroom. Rating: - Delightful!This book is wonderful! I can't wait to read it with my Adult ESL students. I know they will love it too, and maybe they'll read it to their children. It's fun to read, beautiful to look at, and so imaginative. Everyone should have such a wise and wonderful Abuela!! Rating: - Martina the Beautiful CockroachBoth the story and the illustrations are captivating. Our four grandchildren are great fans of Carmen Deedy and have all her books. They were thrilled to add this one to their collection. Rating: - Martina really is a beautiful cockroach.Gorgeous artwork. This is basically a beauty-is-as-beauty-does story, but told with a light hand. 
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