Open Door to Spanish

by Margarita Madrigal

Book by Margarita Madrigal

Genres: Nonfiction

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

From Wikipedia: Margarita Madrigal (May 15, 1912 – July 23, 1983) was a Costa Rican American author and language teacher best known for the Madrigal's Magic Key to... and An Invitation to... series. During her career, she wrote 25 books covering seven languages.[1][2]

Biography
Background
Margarita Madrigal's parents met in Kansas City while her father, Ezequías Madrigal (an operatic baritone from Costa Rica) was on tour in the United States. Before he was set to perform, his accompanist became ill. When he heard that a local girl, Carolyn Wilhelm of Winchester, Kansas, was an excellent concert pianist, he communicated to her to perform with him for the evening. She initially refused, but agreed after being asked in person. "The romance went on from there," as Margarita related in an interview.[3]

Reviews

[carl theaker]

El mosquito es poquito! Got it!

Mmm, just noticed the author also authored my German conversational book from 20
years before this, she gets around.

[Karenb]

I have a first edition and still enjoy reviewing this book. It was my first Spanish book in college.

[Irish]

It doesn't have many advanced words.Good for beginners.