Follett Content Book Detail: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach : a Cuban Folktale by Deedy, Carmen Agra

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach : a Cuban Folktale

Author: Deedy, Carmen Agra

Follett Number: 0961HN2
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers, c2007, p2014
Format: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Dewey: 398.2
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:
Cockroaches Folklore
Folklore Cuba
Folklore
Picture Books for Children
A humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale in which a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

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