By: Adriana Ramírez

The fly hears this famous expression and thinks: What does it mean to have a dead fly's face? Who has a dead fly face? Me? After practicing, the fly finds a perfect dead fly face. But does the fly understand what it means to have a dead fly face?

This book introduces the Latin American proverb: Cara de mosquita muerta

Level 1, written in the present tense with only 132 word families + 28 cognates

©2021. Spanish. Level 1. High school. 6 x 9 inches. Softcover, 65 pages.

SKU: 8B3050
ISBN: 978-0-7560-6369-6

Part of the Por si las moscas Collection
Por si las moscas is a collection of books written by Adriana Ramírez from Colombia and Margarita Pérez García from Venezuela. Por si las moscas is a collection of easy books for Spanish students. Each story is based on a proverb or a typical expression of Latin America and leads us to discover the richness of our language through fun and endearing stories where the main character is a fly. There are 5 books in the collection. The books are written in present tense with high-frequency vocabulary and with fewer than 150 unique words including cognates. They are a treat for your beginners. Get them all!
8B3050 - Cara de mosquita muerta
8B3051 - Soy yo, la mosca
8B3052 - En boca cerrada no entran moscas
8B3053 - Mosca, Mosca
8B3054 - Mosca en Leche

About the Author
Adriana Ramírez is a Colombian author, Spanish teacher, and teacher trainer. She teaches all levels of Spanish, from beginners to IB students, using Comprehensible Input methodologies. She regularly coaches other teachers and presents workshops in Canada, the United States, and Europe. She also has a double major in psychology, a degree in clinical psychology, and a master's in education. She has a great passion for sharing the beauty of her country and her people with the world; you can see this love in all of her published novels. You can find her on Instagram at @veganadri, her website at adrianaramirez.ca, and YouTube at @learningthroughreading.