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La Cucaracha Martina: A Caribbean Folktale
While searching for the maker of a beautiful sound, a ravishing cockroach encounters a menagerie of animals in this vibrant tale with inventive text, offering an array of interactive possibilities for readers young and old. Full color.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
June 2nd 1997
by Turtle Books
(first published 1997)
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Subgroup: Women’s Gender Roles
Genre: Fiction- Caribbean Folktale
Topics: urban living, animal noises, Spanish
Synopsis: Martina lives in the city and hates the loud noises because they hurt her tiny ears. While searching for the source of one beautiful sound, a beautiful cockroach rejects marriage proposals from all of the city animals which attempt to woo her with their noises. Finally she finds the source of the beautiful sound and it is Cricket.
6) Moreton, D. (1997). La Cucaracha Martina: A Car...more
Genre: Fiction- Caribbean Folktale
Topics: urban living, animal noises, Spanish
Synopsis: Martina lives in the city and hates the loud noises because they hurt her tiny ears. While searching for the source of one beautiful sound, a beautiful cockroach rejects marriage proposals from all of the city animals which attempt to woo her with their noises. Finally she finds the source of the beautiful sound and it is Cricket.
6) Moreton, D. (1997). La Cucaracha Martina: A Car...more
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