Story of a Cockroach

By Carmen Gil and Sonja Wimmer

Winner at the 2012 International Latino Book Awards. A superbly illustrated original story about the power of loving yourself and finding happiness.

This is the story of Anastasia, a cockroach who dreamed of being accepted and becoming famous and important like her distant relatives the Egyptian beetles, sacred insects that everybody treated like royalty.

Although it may seem impossible to believe, in another life Anastasia was a princess, transformed by a wave of the magic wand of Fairy Brunhilda, who was determined to sow good wherever she went. But being a princess is not an easy task… Soon Anastasia began to feel out of place. She didn’t like life in the palace too much, and after following exciting adventures, Anastasia came to understand that being an ordinary, everyday cockroach wasn’t such a bad thing after all. Especially when, moved by her great heart, she managed to save the lives of an entire family of humans, everything without getting a hair out of place! What prize did Fairy Brunhilda have in store for her as a reward for her generous actions?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cuento de Luz
• Release date: Mar 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9788415241201

Carmen Gil

Carmen Gil is the award-winning author of more than 80 children’s books, including Celeste, la estrella marina, El hada Roberta, ¡Qué miedo!, Story of a Cockroach, It's a Pain to Be a Princess! and the awardwinning La sonrisa de Daniela. Mónica Carretero is an author and an award-winning illustrator. Her books include Little Cloud Lamb, the Handbooks series, the Mini-animalist series, the Clucky the Hen series and Yago’s Heartbeat. The Witches Handbook won Best Children’s Picture Book at the 2012 Latino Book Awards.

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