Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: Martina, la hermosa cucaracha

Children's Storybook Features:
• 32 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches
• Ages 4-8, PreK-Grade 3 Level Readers, Lexile 660L
• Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations
• Features side-by-side bilingual text to develop vocabulary
• Includes after-reading crafts, writing prompts, and comprehension questions

The Magic Of Reading: Introduce your child to the world of literature with this inspiring folktale, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach. This 32-page book features striking illustrations that excite kids and bilingual text to create a love for reading in two languages.

Hands On Learning: Martina is a beautiful young cockroach on a quest to find true love. Follow her as she takes her grandmother’s advice on how to find the perfect husband and learns how she deserves to be treated!

Bilingual Learning: More than just a heartwarming folktale, this children’s book features side-by-side bilingual text in English and Spanish, as well as many before and after-reading activities like crafts, comprehension questions, and writing prompts.

Leveled Reading: This early reading book engages preschoolers to third graders with leveled reading text, while telling an enlightening story that fosters reading comprehension and teaches new vocabulary in two languages.

Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

Martina is a beautiful young cockroach who is all alone. Doña Julia has a plan to help her find a husband, but is anyone worthy? Martina and the Beautiful Cockroach, set in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a beautifully illustrated 32-page folktale told in both Spanish and English.

Martina is a beautiful young cockroach who is all alone. Doña Julia has a plan to help her find a husband, but is anyone worthy?