Genre: Fantasy / Animal / Romance / Folktale Year Published: 2007 Year Read: 2010 “Martina the Beautiful Cockroach” is a Pura Belpre Honor Book by Carmen Agra Deedy along with gorgeous illustrations by Michael Austin and it is about how a young and beautiful cockroach named Martina tries to find ...
This is such a great story, and the illustrations are beautiful! This is a book that everyone looking for a prospective mate needs to read! :-)My niece really liked the book, which I wasn't surprised about. It's just got all that "gotta find my true love" stuff in it that girls (in general) seem...
This one really has it all:Great folktale with great message - check!Beautiful illustrations - check!Entertaining and funny - check!Multicultural - check!I had so much fun saying Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha over and over! Great read aloud!*Thanks to Kathryn for bringing this one to my atten...
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