The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee
beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she
to do?
Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas
offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her
grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to
see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's
suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she
wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love.
After reading this award-winning retelling of the Cuban folktale,
readers will never look at a cockroach the same way again. Carmen Agra
Deedy delivers a delightfully inventive Cuban twist on the beloved
Martina folktale, complete with a dash of café Cubano and now available
in Spanish.