Martina the beautiful cockraoch

Deedy, C. A.  (2007).  Martina the beautiful cockroach.  Atlanta, GA:  Peachtree

A Cuban folktale featuring a beautiful cockroach who has set out to find someone to marry.  Her grandmother shares some Cuban advice to use when searching for a husband.  Martina listens to her grandmother and is unsuccessful finding the right man.  She realizes, that right under her own eyes, is a perfect husband, a mouse.  The mouse, Perez, ends up using the same Cuban advice from his own grandmother to see if Martina will be a good wife.  This picture book is easy to read and follow as the plot thickens when Martina is having no luck finding a husband.  The illustrations have vibrant colors that add a depth and texture to the pictures that make them more realistic.  The author uses some Spanish when the elders are talking to Martina.