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Margarita Madrigal

Margarita Madrigal (May 15, 1912 – July 23, 1983) was a Costa Rican American author and language teacher best known for her Madrigal's Magic Key to ... series. During her career, she wrote 25 books covering seven languages.
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish
See It and Say It in French
See It and Say It in Spanish

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Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish
See It and Say It in French
See It and Say It in Spanish

The Latest Backlist BookTok Phenom

Julia (@thepeliroja) has been documenting her journey to learn Spanish on TikTok to her more than 15k followers. Her favorite resource? Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish, a backlist gem from 1989 that relies on existing knowledge of English to learn Spanish more efficiently (plus, it contains illustrations by Andy Warhol). She sings the praises of

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