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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...

Before he can go fishing, a boy has to figure out how to get himself, his dog and all his gear out to an island in a boat that can only carry 100 pounds.

Mi mamá sabe hacerme reír por las mañanas, aunque todavía esté oscuro. Mi mamá me deja poner la música que a mí me gusta en el coche todo el rato. Y sabe que, a veces, cuando digo "no quiero", en realidad estoy diciendo "tengo muchas ganas". Mi mamá sabe que tengo hambre incluso antes de que yo lo sepa.

This stunningly illustrated fantasy is crammed with strange things to find, mysteries to solve and characters and creatures to outwit. Can you trounce the Trogs, foil the Frogmen and survive the smelly sewers? Find out in "Dragon Quest."