Celebrate Día with Cucarachita Martina

Thu, Apr 29 2021
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Virtual

dia Events for Youth and Family Virtual Programming

Inspired by Pura Belpré’s first picture book, we invite you to watch an animated short, Cucarachita Martina’s Musical Adventure and to celebrate Puerto Rican folklore, music and culture. This short, telling the story of the beautiful Martina wooed by sneaky Señor Gato, whiney Señor Pato, proud Señor Gallo, sad Señor Grillo, chatty Señor Sapo, and gallant Señor Pérez, is written by the award-winning children's book author Raquel M. Ortiz. Followed by a workshop, join Raquel to make stick puppets for beautiful Martina,  proud Señor Gallo, chatty Señor Sapo, and gallant Señor Pérez.

Click here to watch a preview!

This pre-recorded program will air on the YouTube channel and remain there for 48 hours, then will be taken down.

A template is provided that can be downloaded and colored.

This program is made possible by Zipcar.

Add to My Calendar 04/29/2021 11:30 am 04/29/2021 12:15 pm America/New_York Celebrate Día with Cucarachita Martina <p>Inspired by Pura Belpré’s first picture book, we invite you to watch an animated short, Cucarachita Martina’s Musical Adventure and to celebrate Puerto Rican folklore, music and culture. This short, telling the story of the beautiful Martina wooed by sneaky Señor Gato, whiney Señor Pato, proud Señor Gallo, sad Señor Grillo, chatty Señor Sapo, and gallant Señor Pérez, is written by the award-winning children's book author Raquel M. Ortiz. Followed by a workshop, join Raquel to make stick puppets for beautiful Martina,&nbsp; proud Señor Gallo, chatty Señor Sapo, and gallant Señor Pérez.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBKRnrINKRc">Click here to watch a preview!</a></p> <p>This pre-recorded program will air on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDSg8ztqUxQ" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> and remain there for&nbsp;48 hours, then will be taken down.</p> <p>A template is provided that can be downloaded and colored.</p> <p><img alt="" height="1200" src="https://static.bklynlibrary.org/prod/public/images/central/04_24_2021%20MARTINA%20Y%20PEREZ%20TITERE2%20(2).jpg" width="927" /></p> Brooklyn Public Library - Virtual MM/DD/YYYY 60