An afternoon of art webinar, provided by Booklist

 Today I learned about these 6 picture books from the illustrators themselves...Fantastic!

      

   

The coffee test!

 Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale Retold by Carmen Agra Deedy; illustrated by Michael Austin

Central to this delightful tale is the "coffee test". Spill coffee on your suitor's shoes and see how they react. Then you will know what kind of husband they could turn out to be, sooner than later! Martina tries the test on rooster, pig, lizard, and Perez the mouse. And she finds true love in the end. I loved the pictures and the lessons of the story.