Martina tiene muchas tías (Martina Has Too Many Tías)

by Emma Otheguy, Sara Palacios (Illustrator), Emily Carrero Mustelier (Translator)

Overview

A retelling of the Caribbean folktale La cucaracha Martina where Martina, in an effort to escape her noisy tâias, slips away to a warm familiar island where she can play in peace and quiet--but is she home at last?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534445840
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	06/20/2023
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Emma Otheguy is the author of several books for young readers, including the picture books A Sled for Gabo and Martina Has Too Many Tías, the bilingual picture book Martí’s Song for Freedom, and the middle grade novels Sofía Acosta Makes a Scene, Cousins in the Time of Magic, Silver Meadows Summer, and, with Adam Gidwitz, The Madre de Aguas of Cuba, part of the Unicorn Rescue Society series. Visit her at EmmaOtheguy.com.

Sara Palacios is the recipient of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor for Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match and the illustrator of several other picture books, including A Song of Frutas, The Flying Girl, and Martina Has Too Many Tías. Sara graduated with a degree in graphic design and went on to earn BFA and MFA degrees in illustration from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. A native of Mexico, Sara now lives in San Francisco. Visit her at SaraPalaciosIllustrations.com.