# Not a Bean - Hardcover

by **Claudia Guadalupe Martinez** (Author), **Laura Gonzalez** (Illustrator)

**A Mexican jumping bean isn't a bean at all. It's a fascinating home and food source for a special kind of caterpillar**

With Spanish vocabulary and a clever counting concept, this poetic story shares the life cycle of a Mexican jumping bean. This curious jumping insect is actually a seedpod from a shrub called _yerba de la flecha_, into which a caterpillar burrows, living inside the pod until it builds a cocoon and breaks out as a moth. Perfect for preschoolers and prereaders, this creative picture book explores the Mexican jumping bean's daily life and eventual transformation and escape from the pod.

### Author Biography

Claudia Guadalupe Martínez learned that letters form words from reading subtitles of old westerns with her father. Her debut novel, _The Smell of Old Lady Perfume_, received the 2009 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, the 2008 Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book Award, and a 2009 Americas Award Commendation. _Pig Park_ won the 2015 Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book and the 2015 NACCS Tejas Foco Young Adult Fiction Award. _Not a Bean_ is her first picture book.

Laura Gonzalez has a degree in graphic design from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Mexico, where she also studied illustration. She is a member of the Mexican Association of Illustrators (AMDI) and has illustrated several books for children. www.laugonzalez.com

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 8.6 x 11.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 05, 2019

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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